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Why is the internet so broken, and what could ever possibly fix it? The internet is broken, author Ben Tarnoff argues, because it is owned by private firms and run for profit. Hear from Ben at our IN-PERSON book talk:
⏰ Jan 12 @ 6pm PT
? 300 Funston Ave, San Francisco
?️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-internet-for-the-people-tickets-483851552017

Can't make it to SF? Register for the free "Watch Recording" ticket to be notified when the video is available for viewing.

Set & track the books you've read & want to read this year with the new Reading Goals feature of Open Library: https://blog.openlibrary.org/2022/12/31/reach-your-2023-reading-goals-with-open-library/

Interlibrary loans live @internetarchive #ILL

over 288 different libraries have borrowed from the @internetarchive

with over an average of 300 articles or chapters each.

Peer-to-peer (and free) cooperation between libraries-- lets do more of it in 2023-- ideas welcome.

https://help.archive.org/help/inter-library-loan-ill-at-the-internet-archive/

JAN 20TH: Join us in San Francisco to celebrate the #PublicDomain and #accesstoknowledge! Reserve your spot for our IN-PERSON event now: https://eventbrite.com/e/public-domain-day-party-in-san-francisco-tickets-477675589547

NEXT WEEK: Join Lila Bailey, Internet Archive's senior policy counsel, for a conversation with author BEN TARNOFF about his latest book, INTERNET FOR THE PEOPLE.
⏰ Jan 12 @ 6pm PT
? 300 Funston, San Francisco
?️ http://blog.archive.org/2022/12/08/book-talk-internet-for-the-people/

Can't make it to the in-person session? Select the free "Watch Recording" ticket at registration to receive a notification when the recording is available!

@Randomsome @aramsinn Fixed that one, too!

@aramsinn Fixed, thank you!

CALLING ALL CREATORS!
Thousands of works of art published in 1927 are now in the public domain—classics like ?Sherlock Holmes, ?️Metropolis & ?Puttin’ on the Ritz.

Show off your creative skills in our FILM REMIX contest! Prizes up to $1,500. Details ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/public-domain-day-2023-remix-contest-the-internet-archive-is-looking-for-creative-short-films-made-by-you/

Today we welcome works of art from 1927 into the public domain. Check out the movies, music, periodicals & books that are now free to remix & reuse in our latest blog post:
?https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/01/welcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain/

The January 6th Committee has released 170 transcripts, a Final Report and a Summary Report.

Those files have been archived with the Wayback Machine and also uploaded to archive.org here: https://archive.org/details/jan-6th-committee-docs

Thank you for your support: https://archive.org/donate/

When the clock strikes midnight tonight, most of the published works from 1927 will move into the public domain in the US. Celebrate these works at one of our two Public Domain Day celebrations, January 19 & 20:
http://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/the-best-things-in-life-are-free-two-ways-to-celebrate-public-domain-day-in-2023/

We launched the #EmpoweringLibraries campaign in 2020 to defend equal access to library services for all. Since then, threats to libraries have only grown, so our fight continues. Take a look back through some of the milestones & achievements over the past year in our 2022 Empowering Libraries Year in Review: http://blog.archive.org/2022/12/28/2022-empowering-libraries-year-in-review/

Internet Archive Welcomes Digital Humanists and Cultural Heritage Professionals to “Humanities and the Web: Introduction to Web Archive Data Analysis”
http://blog.archive.org/2022/12/13/humanities-and-the-web/

@JMarkOckerbloom We've reported to our patron services team for resolution - thanks!

The internet is broken. ??✅

In INTERNET FOR THE PEOPLE, Ben Tarnoff recounts how the internet became privatized, and what that means for all of us. Meet Ben at our book talk on Jan 12:
https://eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-internet-for-the-people-tickets-483851552017

Get 40% off the book now:
https://versobooks.com/books/3927-internet-for-the-people

If you were unable to join yesterday's talk with Peter Baldwin, author of THE COPYRIGHT WARS, and copyright scholar Pamela Samuelson, the video is now available for viewing:
https://archive.org/details/author-talk-peter-baldwin-the-copyright-wars

As @brewsterkahle explains in a new #OpEd for TIME, “the instability occasioned by Twitter’s change in ownership has revealed an underlying instability in our digital information ecosystem.” https://time.com/6240415/twitter-digital-history-at-risk/

? Calling all artists!
We are sponsoring a VIDEO REMIX CONTEST celebrating the works of art entering the public domain in 2023, including gems like:
? Sherlock Holmes
?️ Metropolis
? The Best Things in Life are Free

Details: http://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/public-domain-day-2023-remix-contest-the-internet-archive-is-looking-for-creative-short-films-made-by-you/

@UncoveredMyths We would be happy to have your books in our library. Please let us know how we can help.

How is archiving government information an act of radical journalism? Journalist and editor Maria Bustillos (@maria) explores our latest project, Democracy's Library, in a new article for Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/archiving-official-documents-as-an-act-of-radical-journalism.php