BIG NEWS: On 1/1 for the first time in history, every sound recording published since the invention of records thru 1922 entered the US #publicdomain.
Including this: Fanny Brice's "Second Hand Rose."
🎉TMW: Come to our virtual "Celebration of Sound" 1/20: eventbrite.com/e/celebration-…
Including this: Fanny Brice's "Second Hand Rose."
🎉TMW: Come to our virtual "Celebration of Sound" 1/20: eventbrite.com/e/celebration-…
2/ What will you find now in the public domain? Experts say some 400,000 recordings like this one: Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag.
You can find 38,500 newly #publicdomain 78s in our collection-- now yours free to reuse & download. archive.org/details/george…
You can find 38,500 newly #publicdomain 78s in our collection-- now yours free to reuse & download. archive.org/details/george…
3/ And it's not just big hits! Check out some of the quirkier #publicdomain treasures in our collections, from "Fido is a Hot Dog Now" to myriad books & films.
blog.archive.org/2022/01/01/wel…
blog.archive.org/2022/01/01/wel…
4/ AHOY: Finally--after many decades, these treasures are buried no more! Check out Douglas Fairbanks in "The Black Pirate" from 1926...yup, now in the #publicdomain & free for creative exploration.
Download & watch the entire film: archive.org/details/TheBla…
Download & watch the entire film: archive.org/details/TheBla…
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