You can now show your #resistance to your country's leadership!

Wear your beliefs on your sleeves:
Represent & #Resist

Get your completely FREE clothing print files here:
https://madeindex.org/blog/my-government-does-not-represent-me/
https://madeindex.org/de/meine-regierung-represaentiert-mich-in-keiner-art/

Let's start making a statement today! Our government does not speak for us - we do!

What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark?

For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideologically-driven purge of government websites.

By Morgan Sung, Maya Cueva, Chris Egusa

https://www.kqed.org/news/12031980/what-happens-if-the-internet-archive-goes-dark

Interesting public domain assets: "The Universal Animation Library - 120+ animations, created using a universal humanoid rig, which is compatible with Unreal Engine, Godot and Unity" https://quaternius.itch.io/universal-animation-library

Wait. Is this reading correct?

"Under current law, content produced entirely by AI immediately enters the public domain, allowing unrestricted commercial use."

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2025/03/20/ai-generated-works-are-public-domain-court-affirms/

Other news coverage:

"Because many of the Copyright Act's provisions make sense only if an author is a human being, the best reading of the Copyright Act is that human authorship is required for registration."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/

The Public Domain and the Rise of the Hays Code

Films entering the public domain will soon face a significant shift. In 2030, films governed by the Hays Code will start to enter the public domain

By Sean Dudley via @internetarchive

https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/18/the-public-domain-and-the-rise-of-the-hays-code/

TIL: That Joseph Campbell is trash, universal myths aren't going to save us but maybe folklore can.

What's your favorite folk lore or public domain story that talks shit about rich people and/or monarchs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zR4lWyVN8

@lavaeolus @juergen_hubert

@atjscreams and Evel are running an #anythingJam on #itchio!!

https://itch.io/jam/glitch-gfx-jam

Its focused on the #OpenSource graphics from the defunct game, Glitch.

It runs April 4-May 4, so join and start planning now!

We're super looking forward to seeing all the different things folks make mostly using the same set of graphics!

@PublicDomanReview just published these beautiful 16th century botanical portraits by an anonymous artist. (To misquote Woolf, was anonymous a woman?) #botanicalIllustration #PublicDomain #histodons #illustration https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-flower-studies/

Public Domain Spotlight: LibriVox

Access to cultural heritage is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. Founded in 2005, LibriVox stands out as a crucial resource, ensuring that our cultural heritage is freely and openly accessible.

by Sean Dudley via @internetarchive

https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/10/public-domain-spotlight-librivox/

Since Peter Potamus is on my mind today, I found the most I ever wrote about him for my blog: as one of various cartoon characters (including fellow Warner Bros. owned characters Zatanna, Jonny Quest, and Batman's Aunt Harriet) that should've entered public domain in 2021 (but of course didn't, per retroactive copyright extensions).

https://www.diversetechgeek.com/cartoons-public-domain-2021/

Working on the copy for the glitch graphics #itchio jam!

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Hallohallo, wir sind umgezogen, jetzt (wieder) #neuhier auf #Pixelfed, haben nämlich kürzlich beim Instanzwechsel zu pixelfed.de alle Follows verloren, soeben die bisherigen Beiträge auf der neuen Instanz wiederveröffentlicht und experimentieren dort ein bisschen rum. Mit schönen Fotos. Ihr findet uns also auch hier: @ddbkultur@pixelfed.de
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Foto: Heinrich Zille, Hirtenstr. 8, 1901, Stadtmuseum Berlin (#PublicDomain)

Do you believe in #magick? I don't. But I do believe the images in the Compendium Rarissimum Totius Artis Magicae are very awesome.

https://lime-bar.pixels.com/collections/compendium+rarissimum+totius+artis+magicae

I decided to touch them up a bit and make them available for prints, shirts, cards, etc. Click an image to see products.

"Rare Compendium of Magic Arts"

It is sort of an early #MonsterManual

Two exes, one big news story & nonstop laughs—HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) is comedy gold! It's Public Domain Movie Night this Friday at the Internet Archive, with an intro by author Simone Elias.

Feb. 28
️ 7:30 pm
300 Funston Ave. SF
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1259100315939

The Getty Makes Nearly 88,000 Art Images Free to Use However You Like [Shared]

Since the J. Paul Getty Museum launched its Open Content program back in 2013, we’ve been featuring their efforts to make their vast collection of cultural artifacts freely accessible online. They’ve released not just digitized works of art, but also a great many art history texts and art books in general. Just this week, they announced an expansion of access to their digital archive, in that they’ve made nearly 88,000 images free to download on their Open Content database under Creative Commons Zero (CC0). That means “you can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.”

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/02/25/the-getty-makes-nearly-88000-art-images-free-to-use-however-you-like-shared/

RetroStrange TV is now streaming!

24/7 Sci-fi, horror, and ephemera from the public domain

#streaming #retro #movies #scifi #horror #tv #vintage #publicdomain #adfree

https://live.retrostrange.com

Public Domain Spotlight: Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue stands as an iconic piece of American music with riveting orchestration, and a cultural footprint that reflects the modernity of the early 20th century.

by Sean Dudley

https://blog.archive.org/2025/02/18/public-domain-spotlight-rhapsody-in-blue/

More information here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue