As we celebrate Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, we are reminded of all the ways these flexible copyright exceptions enable libraries to preserve materials and meet the needs of the communities
https://blog.archive.org/2024/03/01/fair-use-in-action-at-the-internet-archive/
From Prince of Persia to Replay: A video game creator’s family odyssey Jordan Mechner (creator of “Prince of Persia”) shares his story as a pioneer in the fast-growing video game
How data surveillance, digital forensics, and generative AI pose new long-term threats and opportunities—and how we can use them to make better decisions in the face of technological uncertaint...
https://blog.archive.org/2024/02/21/book-talk-the-secret-life-of-data/
Join us for a VIRTUAL book talk with author Joanne McNeil about her latest book, WRONG WAY, which examines the treacherous gaps between the working and middle classes wrought by
https://blog.archive.org/2024/02/05/book-talk-wrong-way-by-joanne-mcneil/
Once upon a time, Liz Gotauco fell in love with fairy tales. That is, making videos while retelling them with some quirky twists. By day, Gotauco is a full-time public
Hundreds of people from all over the world gathered together on January 25 to honor the thousands of movies, plays, books, poems and songs that recently entered the U.S. public
https://blog.archive.org/2024/01/26/public-domain-day-celebrates-creative-works-from-1928/
When Zeau Modig began as the graduate school librarian at the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) nearly a decade ago, many of the students lived nearby. They came to
Last week, Mickey Mouse and Elon Musk helped raise the visibility of library preservation and the Internet Archive’s mission across social media in an unexpected convergence of the public domai...
https://blog.archive.org/2024/01/11/mickey-mouse-elon-musk-boost-libraries-in-viral-week/
This year we are welcoming many works from 1928 into the U.S. public domain (books, movies, images, etc.), as well as recorded sound from 1923. Some of the big events
https://blog.archive.org/2024/01/04/the-worlds-most-famous-mouse-joins-the-public-domain/
Internet Archive drew more than 2,000 attendees to its popular book talk series in 2023, held in collaboration with Authors Alliance. The books and authors represented in this year’s series
https://blog.archive.org/2023/12/26/book-talks-draw-more-than-2000-attendees-in-2023/