Fiddle Around and Find Out
06.03.2026 18:11
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Fiddle Around and Find Out
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLING AROUND (1930)! 🐭🎶🎻
🎬 The star looks a little odd because this is the first Mickey cartoon not animated by Ub Iwerks. It's also the first Mickey released by Columbia Pictures.
Full short ⤵️
archive.org/details/fidd...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain
Co-sponsored by the Internet Archive & Authors Alliance.
@RCalo.bsky.social @archive.org @authorsalliance.bsky.social #LawAndTechnology #DigitalRights #TechPolicy
Promotional graphic for a “Law and Technology” book talk featuring headshots of Ryan Calo and Danielle Citron, with teal and gray design elements and an illustration of stacked books. Event text reads “March 26th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, ONLINE,” inviting viewers to a book talk on Ryan Calo’s Law and Technology, with the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance logos. To the far right is the book cover of "Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach" by Ryan Calo, featuring a bronze Roman dodecahedra beneath the title.
🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
Join us for Ryan Calo’s LAW AND TECHNOLOGY, exploring a clear framework for governing tech & defending rights in the digital age. Ryan will be in conversation with legal expert Danielle Citron.
📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/future-kno...
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Sarah Friend & Arkadiy Kukarkin’s "The Lives of Infamous Men" generates live video where politicians, clips, and Foucault collide 🎥
Created for the Internet Archive x Gray Area Trillionth Webpage Net Art Commissions. 🌐
More ⤵️
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@isthisa.com @GrayArea.Org #Wayback1T
GPT-4 might be able to pass the bar exam, but that doesn’t mean it can practice law.
Listen to "AI Snake Oil" author Sayash Kapoor in conversation with legal scholar Kevin Frazier on the Future Knowledge #podcast, discussing his new paper with Arvind Narayanan.
🎧 ⬇️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm
Welcome to the public domain, GRAND HOTEL (1930) by Vicki Baum 🏨
A glamorous Berlin hotel is the site for intertwined lives in this bestselling novel of drama, romance, and ambition 📖
The 1932 movie starring Greta Garbo.
Read it here ➡️ archive.org/details/bwb_...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain
Congrats to "TOM FROM COLORADO" by Nicola Eddy, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 #PublicDomain Film Remix Contest 🎬
A poetic montage of indeterminacy & fleeting meaning using confessional text to evoke evanescent memory.
Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/tom-...
#PublicDomainDay
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7️⃣/7️⃣ There is no right or wrong way to do this.
The public domain belongs to you. Use it to celebrate, question, remix, critique, and create.
Submit your song by May 10 ⤵️
www.wnyc.org/story/2026-p...
📩 Questions? aoi@wnyc.org
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6️⃣/7️⃣ Some ideas:
🎼 Rewrite a public domain poem in your own language
🎙 Highlight a historically marginalized artist
📜 Remix a federal government work
🎵 Reimagine the national anthem
🏡 Tell your family’s story through inherited songs
Red background with faint doodle-style music icons. Large white and black text reads: "Even me? Yes You! Whether you're a pro musician or haven't picked up an instrument in years, whether you have a recording studio or just the mic on your phone, whatever genres you like, wherever you're from… this project is for you. Just like the public domain, it's open to everyone." Logos for WNYC, the Internet Archive, and the Public Song Project appear in a row across the bottom.
5️⃣/7️⃣ 🎂 Fun fact: The submission deadline is May 10, which is also the Internet Archive’s 30th birthday!
🇺🇸 Optional 2026 bonus prompt:
This year marks:
• 250 years since America declared independence
• 50 years since the Copyright Act of 1976
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4️⃣/7️⃣ 📚 What is the public domain? It is the vast commons of creative works not protected by copyright. You're free to remix, adapt & build on them. In the US, that includes works published in 1930 or earlier, sound recordings from 1925 or earlier, plus U.S. federal government works from any year.
Red background with faint, illustrated instruments and shapes. Large white text reads: “How it works: 1. Find something in the public domain. 2. Record a song based on it. 3. Send it in! Easy!” Logos for WNYC, the Internet Archive, and Public Song Project appear along the bottom.
3️⃣/7️⃣ 🎤 Anyone can participate. You do not need to be a professional musician.
Voice memos welcome. Bedroom producers, shower singers, full bands. The public domain is for everyone.
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2️⃣/7️⃣ This year’s playlist will live with WNYC and also on the Internet Archive, where millions can stream and share it.
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The 2026 Public Song Project is here — and this year, we’re turning up the volume on the public domain.
For the first time, WNYC’s Public Song Project is partnering with the Internet Archive!
Here’s what you need to know ⤵️
www.wnyc.org/story/2026-p...
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@wnyc.org
📽️📺 Named for a classic #StarTrek torture device, The Agony Booth was a cult site for brutally honest movie & TV reviews.
Running from the early 2000s until 2022, it chronicled pop culture pain for a generation.
Revisit web history with the #WaybackMachine ⤵️
web.archive.org
#WebNostalgia
Rodell Warner’s "Ghosts of the Internet Archive" creates “ghosts” from Web 1.0 blog fragments.
It was created for the Internet Archive x Gray Area: Trillionth Webpage Commission, where artists created new works from archived materials.
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/internet-arc...
@grayarea.org
Exploring decentralization & Europe’s public knowledge future 🇪🇺 .
🕙 Unconference 10:00–18:00 CET
🕖 Meetup 19:00-22:00 CET
Co-hosted by Internet Archive Europe & Department of Decentralization.
@getdweb.net @InternetArchive.EU @dod.ngo @Brewster.Kahle.org #DecentralizedWeb #BerlinEvents
Photo of Brewster Kahle speaking.
Left half of poster for “DWeb Camp unconference + meetup” with date Sat 28 Feb 2026 at c-base, Berlin, featuring a colorful dot pattern.
Right half of poster for “DWeb Camp unconference + meetup” featuring a colorful dot pattern and a photo of a diverse group of people huddled together smiling.
⏰ TOMORROW. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE 🎟️
There’s still time to join #DWebCamp 2026 Berlin! 🏕️
Unconference + Meetup + fireside chat with @Brewster_Kahle . All free. All community-led.
📅 Feb 28, 2026
📍In-person at c-base in Berlin
🎟️🆓 dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/
More details ⬇️
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The @InternetArchive x @GrayAreaOrg Trillionth Webpage Commissions bring new net․art to life from the Archive’s collections.
Rodell Warner’s "Ghosts of the Internet Archive" creates generative “ghosts” from Web 1.0, layering lost materials.
More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/internet-arc...
#Wayback1T
Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest. 🎬
After all art was harvested, it was discarded, and artists search for means to create & survive.
Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/elpi...
#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay
Scrapbooks. Witchcraft. Cats. 🐾
Our latest Artist in Residence, Cindy Rehm, mined the Internet Archive to create The Seers—a 100-piece collage series inspired by feminist mysticism.
Watch her talk & explore the work ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol9X...
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Co-hosted by Internet Archive Europe & Department of Decentralization.
@getdweb.net @InternetArchive.EU @dod.ngo @Brewster.Kahle.org #DecentralizedWeb #BerlinEvents #BerlinTech
Poster for “DWeb Camp unconference + meetup” with date Sat 28 Feb 2026 at c-base, Berlin, featuring a colorful dot pattern and a photo of a diverse group of people huddled together smiling.
🚀 Coming THIS SATURDAY #DWebCamp 2026 Berlin
Join us for a free Unconference day + Meetup evening + in-person fireside chat with @BrewsterKahle@mastodon.archive.org
Co-create the decentralized future of public knowledge in Europe 🇪🇺
🎟️🆓 dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/
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💪 Protect our archives!
Physical and digital records serve critical roles in society by preserving our history and culture. 🏛️
🌐 The Wayback Machine helps to archive the history of the web, which is critical for @wikipedia.org: without it, link rot erodes the verifiability of information online.
To clear up any confusion, this action is not about the Internet Archive, which is at archive.org, or the Wayback Machine.
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
Promotional graphic for an online book talk titled Searches. The layout features muted gray and cream tones with collage-style images. Text reads: “Book Talk. February 26th, 10am PT / 1pm ET. Online.” It invites viewers to join a conversation with author Vauhini Vara about her book Searches, in conversation with Luca Messarra, exploring how technology fulfills and exploits human desires for understanding and connection. The left side includes two portrait photos of the speakers and an illustration of a stack of books.
Slide featuring a still-life painting of flowers, pastries, nuts, and tableware arranged on a table. Text at the top reads: “‘Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age’ by Vauhini Vara,” with a note identifying her as the author of The Immortal King Rao and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Faded background text discusses how the image metaphorically represents the relationship between technology, AI, and human experience.
📢 TOMORROW!
Learn how tech & capitalism shape human creativity in SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ Vauhini Vara & Luca Messarra.
🎙️📖 A LIVE #booktalk you won’t want to miss.
📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/future-kno...
@vauhinivara.bsky.social
Vintage cover of the sheet music for "Minnie's Yoo Hoo!" the Mickey Mouse theme song, featuring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in a playful design.
Vintage first page of the sheet music for "Minnie's Yoo Hoo!" the Mickey Mouse theme song.
From borrowed hits to an original songbook, Mickey’s 1930 comics show how Disney built musical meaning over time, not instantly, but cumulatively.
Explore the story and read the 1930 comics in our collections ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/02/24/m...
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#MickeyMouse #comics
Mickey’s theme song “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo” debuted in Mickey’s Follies (1929) 🎶
When the song appeared in the 1930 comic strip, it wasn’t framed as promotion, but casually referenced, moving from a commercial work to a cultural one, signaling it belonged alongside the era’s most recognizable hits.
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Image of Mickey Mouse playing a piano with a huge sheet of sheet music, around which are musical notes and the text "all together now—", from the Mickey Mouse Book (1930), page 15.
🧵 Long before Disney songs became iconic, Mickey’s 1930 comic strips referenced hits like “Singin’ in the Rain” 🎶
These musical moments made Mickey part of the cultural soundscape.
Learn how the comics turned borrowed songs into musical foundation ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2026/02/24/m...
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