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internetarchive<p>Why are so many new horror films based on public domain works?</p><p>🔪 This <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/FridayThe13th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayThe13th</span></a> (fittingly), let’s look at what this slasher surge says about remix culture &amp; the role of the public domain.</p><p>More ➡️ <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/06/13/screams-in-the-vault/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/06/13/sc</span><span class="invisible">reams-in-the-vault/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a></p>
Avalon Jazz<p>When I Leave the World Behind : Queline Meadows</p><p>this year’s top winner in the <a href="https://jazztodon.com/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://jazztodon.com/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> Film Remix Contest. These remarkable films not only reimagined and transformed public domain works but also demonstrated the boundless potential of remixing creative works to create something new. </p><p>All on-screen text comes from public domain books, periodicals, and sheet music. The music is Henry Burr’s 1915 recording of Irving Berlin's “When I Leave the World Behind.” </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/when_i_leave_the_world_behind_remix" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/when_i_lea</span><span class="invisible">ve_the_world_behind_remix</span></a></p>
Warner Crocker<p>Terrific early work by famous authors among this year’s entries into the public domain.</p><p>Good Books Now In The Public Domain<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicdomainday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicdomainday</span></a><br> <a href="https://warnercrocker.com/2025/01/03/good-books-now-in-the-public-domain/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">warnercrocker.com/2025/01/03/g</span><span class="invisible">ood-books-now-in-the-public-domain/</span></a></p>
Warner Crocker<p>Terrific early work by famous authors among this year’s entries into the public domain.</p><p>Good Books Now In The Public Domain<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a><br> <a href="https://warnercrocker.com/2025/01/03/good-books-now-in-the-public-domain/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">warnercrocker.com/2025/01/03/g</span><span class="invisible">ood-books-now-in-the-public-domain/</span></a></p>
Paolo Melchiorre<p>I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚</p><p>“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️</p><p>See what’s free to read on January 1 👇<br><a href="https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">standardebooks.org/blog/public</span><span class="invisible">-domain-day-2025</span></a></p><p>Please boost 🙏</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/StandardEbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandardEbooks</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PublicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomain</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ebooks</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p><p>CC <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@standardebooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>standardebooks</span></a></span></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>On <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a>, 16 notable works of literature became available for everyone to copy, share, and reuse. Which one(s) were you waiting for? <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/bibliophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bibliophile</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/VirginiaWoolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirginiaWoolf</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/WilliamFaulkner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamFaulkner</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/ElleryQueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElleryQueen</span></a></p>
chuggnutt<p>Happy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a>! Here's my own short post and thoughts on the informal holiday.</p><p><a href="https://www.chuggnutt.com/2025/01/01/happy-public-domain-day.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chuggnutt.com/2025/01/01/happy</span><span class="invisible">-public-domain-day.php</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomain</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>More highlights from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>publicdomainrev</span></a></span>:</p><p>"On this year's Public Domain Day (which falls each January 1st) we welcome, in lots of countries around the world, the works of two titans of 20th-century art, Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse, and in the US a handful of seminal books including William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One's Own, and Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms."</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/01/public-domain-day-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/public-domain-day-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomain</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a></p>
Public Universal Puppet<p>Happy <a href="https://quakers.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> friends!</p><p>Maybe I'll get off my fuzzy butt this year and use some of this free stuff to make something that resembles content.</p><p>Maybe.</p>
mayim chaim<p>Happy <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> all! <a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdo</span><span class="invisible">mainday/2025/</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>Happy <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a>! On Jan 1, the comic debuts of Popeye and Buck Rogers, as well as Virginia Woolfs A Room of Ones Own and many other works, will finally enter the public domain. Find more DRM-free books at <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/ebooks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">defectivebydesign.org/guide/eb</span><span class="invisible">ooks</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/VirginiaWoolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirginiaWoolf</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Popeye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Popeye</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/BuckRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuckRogers</span></a> DRM</p>
Charrvein<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> </p><p>Opin vísindi </p><p>Icelands <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/openAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openAccess</span></a> archive<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniversityIceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityIceland</span></a> and other public Universities in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iceland</span></a> <br><a href="https://opinvisindi.is/?locale-attribute=en" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">opinvisindi.is/?locale-attribu</span><span class="invisible">te=en</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>And here are some opportunities to use these!</p><p>- join the "Gaming Like It's 1929" public domain game jam: <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/28/the-public-domain-game-jam-starts-next-week/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2024/12/28/the-pu</span><span class="invisible">blic-domain-game-jam-starts-next-week/</span></a><br>- create and upload 2–3 minute short films to the Internet Archive to "explore and reimagine the creative treasures entering the public domain": <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/2025-public-domain-day-remix-contest-the-internet-archive-is-looking-for-creative-short-films-made-by-you/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/20</span><span class="invisible">25-public-domain-day-remix-contest-the-internet-archive-is-looking-for-creative-short-films-made-by-you/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomain</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>Happy Public Domain Day!</p><p><a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdo</span><span class="invisible">mainday/2025/</span></a></p><p>"On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924. They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon."</p><p>Highlights include: Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, more Mickey Mouse animations, Marx Brothers' first feature film, Popeye, Tintin, and the song Singin' in the Rain.</p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomain</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a></p>
Ben Ramsey<p>Here’s an overview of what’s entering the Public Domain tomorrow in the United States.</p><p><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://copyrightlately.com/public-domain-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">copyrightlately.com/public-dom</span><span class="invisible">ain-2025/</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> means both a surge in horror movies starring newly public domain characters and that more creative works are now free for all to copy, share, and reuse <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Popeye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Popeye</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/BuckRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuckRogers</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Hemingway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hemingway</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/VirginiaWoolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirginiaWoolf</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>Conveniently, January 1st will be the next Public Domain Day, with new works entering the public domain, including Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, more Mickey Mouse animations, Marx Brothers' first feature film, Popeye, Tintin, and the song Singin' in the Rain.</p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomain</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a></p><p><a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdo</span><span class="invisible">mainday/2025/</span></a></p>
Richard Eriksson<p>Here’s a Letterboxd list of movies entering the public domain in 2025. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://letterboxd.com/mahatmakg/list/public-domain-day-2025-celebration/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterboxd.com/mahatmakg/list/</span><span class="invisible">public-domain-day-2025-celebration/</span></a></p>
Richard Eriksson<p>For Public Domain Day, is there a playlist or watchlist or reading list that I should know about? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_D</span><span class="invisible">omain_Day</span></a></p>
Jay Thurber Show<p>Copyright run amok: </p><p>1. High-end hoity-toity electronics company sends a YouTube DIY'er one of its products to repair. </p><p>2. He repairs it on camera (and reveals how poorly it was made).</p><p>3. Company files a copyright complaint with YouTube and gets his video taken down.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPIrCaeVtvI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=yPIrCaeVtv</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p><p>Happy <a href="https://union.place/tags/PublicDomainDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomainDay</span></a> !</p><p>H/T: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.io/@fadhl3y" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fadhl3y</span></a></span> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/audiophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiophile</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/audiofool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiofool</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/diy_electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diy_electronics</span></a></p>
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