The Public Domain Archive
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Archivist promoting artistic works and free expression.
https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/?m=1
History belongs to all of us. Those who take it away are robbing you personally and everyone you know.
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18 days ago
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Its one of Whale's best and is in the public domain so we can all enjoy it.
youtu.be/IHnbCXq6dy4
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about 1 month ago
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Seen news that a new techniqye for repairing bones is being pioneered in the People's Republic of China. I hope it pans out, it should be an important step forward in health care. It also gives me an opportunity to discuss patents, another form of IP control.
about 2 months ago
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Very sad, Time to start the countdown
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3 months ago
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The Marching Morons by C.M. Kornbluth
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The Marching Morons By C. M. Kornbluth
The Marching Morons By C. M. KORNBLUTH Illustrated by DON SIBLEY [Transcribe...
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3 months ago
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Common Sense Country a 19th Utopian short story by L.S. Bevington
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Common-Sense Country by L.S. Bevington
Credit to No Bonzo A short story demonstrating a possible Anarchist future, written sometime in the 1890s. Common-Sense Country ...
https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/2025/06/common-sense-country-by-ls-bevington.html?m=1
5 months ago
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Yes! We have no Bananas.
youtu.be/IVvhT6aSMj0
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4 months ago
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"We noticed you at the bar, we like your vibe".
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4 months ago
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This must be Stephen King's favourite
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4 months ago
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Nearly everyday is a day of discovery for me. For example
#TIL
that Illma Gore created a painting depicting a naked Donald Trump and released it into the public domain... I refuse to suffer alone!
4 months ago
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Internet Archive
5 months ago
Samara Meyer’s THE SITUATIONSHIP reimagines a 1920s silent film as a queer college romance. Read how it placed third in the 2025
#PublicDomainDay
Remix Contest. More ➡️
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#RonRockyColoma
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Stop Killing Games
5 months ago
Ross Scott, the founder of
#StopKillingGames
, released a video detailing his efforts spearheading the movement, as well as addressing detractors and what could be next for the future:
youtu.be/HIfRLujXtUo
We salute his efforts and those of all the volunteers who have pushed this movement forward! o7
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The end of Stop Killing Games
YouTube video by Accursed Farms
https://youtu.be/HIfRLujXtUo
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Stop Killing Games
5 months ago
Remember, we still have 5 and a half weeks in which we can still make a difference with
#directdemocracy
Get friends and family to sign our Initiatives, and get influencers talking about the most important movement in gaming history!
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public
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Big news in the world of public domain. Godzilla will enter the public domain in Japan in 2031.
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Godzilla is coming for us all!
Soon, soon. Recently there's been an interesting development, a Japanese man from Osaka was arrested for selling bootleg DVDs. Okay, given...
https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/2025/06/godzilla-is-coming-for-us-all.html
5 months ago
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I'm mostly a movies and comicstrips guy but IP effects everything around us and its consequences can be literally hazardous to public health.
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5 months ago
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This may proof timely given current events. A U.S. Military demonstration on how to dismantle a Nuclear bomb.
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5 months ago
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Common Sense Country a 19th Utopian short story by L.S. Bevington
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Common-Sense Country by L.S. Bevington
Credit to No Bonzo A short story demonstrating a possible Anarchist future, written sometime in the 1890s. Common-Sense Country ...
https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/2025/06/common-sense-country-by-ls-bevington.html?m=1
5 months ago
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I'm very conflicted here, I'll have to flip a coin to decide who I hate more.
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5 months ago
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Canadian WWI poster circa 1917, but War Bonds.
6 months ago
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I enjoy some old US telly, but the constant breaks for a"short" word from the sponsors, usually tobacco and an appliance is extremely frustrating and jarring. Judgement at Nuremberg waa sponsor by a Gas Oven!
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6 months ago
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I've been looking through collections of the satirical British magazine Punch to find a particular image from 1883. No luck yet but have found some well unique cartoons.
6 months ago
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Presenting a Science Fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, 1944s The Morgue Ship
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The Morgue Ship by Ray Bradbury
Published in 1944 in Planet Stories Summer, copyright was not renewed in 1972. Morgue Ship By RAY BRADBURY This was Burnett's last tr...
https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-morgue-ship-by-ray-bradbury.html
6 months ago
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Wrote a short piece introducing the strange world of Drive-in cinema, as in movies produced on the cheap by regional movie tycoons outside the Hollywood system. Includes an American Kaiju flick and a bonkers time travelling Nazisploitation b-movie.
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Drive in Theatre
The 20th Century United States of America's requirement that works must be registered to gain the benefits of copyright created several l...
https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/2025/05/drive-in-theatre.html
7 months ago
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#Nowplaying
English language version of the Polish revolutionary song Whirlwinds of Danger. Dated 1925.
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7 months ago
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How ironic.
7 months ago
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7 months ago
“RAISE HELL!” ✊ Maria Bustillos (@mariabustillos.bsky.social) calls on writers & readers to defend libraries & demand ebook ownership, not rentals. Attacks on libraries are attacks on knowledge itself. 📚 Full video ➡️
youtu.be/lu8jK_27vF0
#LibraryAdvocacy
#DigitalRights
#InternetArchive
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Project MUSE
8 months ago
Today we spotlight Modern Fiction Studies and this latest issue (
muse.jhu.edu/issue/53930
) which is open access & free - all thanks to their participation in our Subscribe to Open program.
#StepUP
& explore S2O on MUSE:
bit.ly/MUSE_S2O
Thanks!
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
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Geese in the Bog Medley. Music from 1916.
#freemusic
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8 months ago
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David Buchanan
8 months ago
society moves forwards one software patent expiration at a time
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Rare recording of Houdini's voice. Explaining his water cell. Recorded in 1914.
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8 months ago
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#NowPlaying
#music
The Tale of the Bumble Bee, 1903 recording featurinh Jules Levy.
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8 months ago
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The 1926 screen adaption of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is lostmedia. But its trailer survives, giving us an idea of what audiences in the 20s enjoyed.
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8 months ago
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Scenes from Anarchist Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. 1936
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An early example of animation captured on film. Émile Cohl's 1909 Fantasmagorie.
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8 months ago
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Keep circulating the tapes!
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8 months ago
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Annie Oakley showcases her marksmanship. Filmed in 1894.
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8 months ago
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Warcabbit
8 months ago
"The name's Bond. James Bond. Junior."
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"The names Bond, Jimmy Bond".
youtu.be/qBCqz-eNz-o
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8 months ago
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Claude Monet
9 months ago
Windmills near Zaandam, 1871
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The Motor Accident an early British Comedic scene, produced in 1906.
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8 months ago
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Its the Ides of March, To mark the day here's a 1914 recording of Marc Antony's speech from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, performed by Harry E. Humphrey
youtu.be/ViTdzH1ns9A
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1914: Antony's address over the body of Caesar
YouTube video by Public Domain Archive
https://youtu.be/ViTdzH1ns9A
8 months ago
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Footage of the US Army's Autogyro fleet in action i Dayton Ohio. 1941
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George Washington Carver accepts an award. Featuring his voice.
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8 months ago
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The surviving fragments from Winsor McCay's animation of Centaurs.
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8 months ago
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage
8 months ago
🎨 Istanbul, 1830
#Painting
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Harpo Marx showcasing his Harp playing skills in 1929s The Cocoanauts
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9 months ago
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To celebrate 3 minute videos here's a instrumental version of Whirlwinds of Danger.
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9 months ago
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Since Queer people are under increasing attack in the US, UK, Russia, China, frankly many places I've been doing my best to preserve and share important parts of history. Master playlist Queer Cinema:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Queer Cinema - YouTube
Films and clips representing gender and sexual minorities. #LGBTQ #Pridemonth
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLabTXYT9rRfu3V0c6gVVTt1arzQciX7te
9 months ago
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Control of information is an attack on our collective memory.
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9 months ago
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#booksky
I'm in the middle of Richard Bradford's biography of George Orwell. I'm learning some new facts and rediscovering older texts that made an impact on me in the past. Arthur Eric Blair passed away in 1950, his life's work are in the public domain in the UK.
9 months ago
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