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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LADY OF SCANDAL (1930) 🎩
This pre-Code romantic drama follows a young actress whose rise into high society pulls her between ambition, reputation, and love, where scandal follows every step. 💍📰
🎾 Featuring Basil Rathbone in one of his early film roles, the picture showcases the screen presence that would later make him famous as Sherlock Holmes.
Watch it now ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-lady-of-scandal_1930
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Feb 10, 2026
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Congrats to "GEORGIA" by Javier Estella, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬
A letter to the mother who is no longer here & left too soon. Based on a fragment of a home movie filmed in Georgia in 1930, accompanied by a cover of the 1930 composition "Georgia on My Mind," recorded for this piece.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/georgia_202601
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Jan 29, 2026
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Congrats “BATTLE LINES ” by Jen Zhao & Aaron Sharp ⚔️🎨 Second Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥈
A tongue-in-cheek doc(mock)umentary tracking the rivalry between Piet Mondrian & Theo van Doesburg over the diagonal line. 22 archival works, Coco Chanel costumes, and perfectly pitched narration.
Masterful editing of inspired sources… sends viewers to research further.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/20260108_20260108_0507
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Jan 28, 2026
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🎤 When songs enter the public domain, they don’t just get older—they get new lives. 🎶
For Public Domain Day 2026, musician Stephanie Woodford gave three newly public-domain classics a fresh voice by writing new lyrics, reimagined for today. It's a striking example of how timeless songs continue to evolve and find new audiences.
Learn more ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/01/27/timeless-songs-fresh-lyrics-musician-stephanie-woodford-reimagines-the-public-domain/
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Jan 01, 2026
Paolo Melchiorre
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🐍 #Python developer · 🦄 #Django contributor · 🥑 #FreeSoftware advocate · 🗣 #Conference speaker · 🐧 #Linux user · 👨🔬 #ComputerScience engineer 🦄 #DSF board member 🐍 #PSF fellow 🧡 #DjangoGirls coach 🚀 #DjangonautSpace navigator 🍝 #PyConItalia organizer 🇮🇹 #PythonItalia member 🐬 #PythonPescara founder 🏖️ #DjangoOnTheMed organizer 🎓 #UniBo alumnus ⚖️ License #CreativeCommons BY‐SA 4.0 🖼️ Header: Me on stage at #DjangoCon US 2023 👤 Avatar: Me wearing the #DjangoCon US 2022 lanyard
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I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚
“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️
See what’s free to read on January 1 👇
https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026
Please boost 🙏
#StandardEbooks #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #Ebooks #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Python
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