[sudo-discuss] Fwd: Come Celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain—Friday Jan. 25 10-7 p.m.

[Vicky Knox]

This looks AWESOME!

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From: Brewster Kahle -- Internet Archive <info at archive.org>
Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 13:41
Subject: Come Celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain—Friday
Jan. 25 10-7 p.m.
To: <vknoxsironi at gmail.com>



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A Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain
Friday, January 25 [image: Public Domain]
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-opening-of-the-public-domain-tickets-53356519787>

Why are people celebrating?? For the first time in decades, films, books,
musical scores and images are entering the public domain!

The Internet Archive and Creative Commons invite you to kick up your heels
and celebrate at the GRAND REOPENING OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-opening-of-the-public-domain-tickets-53356519787>
at the Internet Archive in San Francisco on January 25, 2019 from 10-7p.m.
Come meet champions of the public domain including *Lawrence Lessig*, *Cory
Doctorow*, *Jennifer Jenkins*, and *Jamie Boyle*. Remix and create
fantastic new works using public domain films. Get your copy of newly
released Queer.Archive zine by artist Paul Soulellis, explore the films,
books, sounds and tastes of 1923, and dive deep into the issues of
copyright and creative reuse with the top legal scholars of our age.
Get Your Tickets Now
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-opening-of-the-public-domain-tickets-53356519787>

[image: Public Domain]
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-opening-of-the-public-domain-tickets-53356519787>

It’s the best New Year’s deal: Tens of thousands of works are now free of
copyright for the first time in 20 years in the United States

Come explore our collections and experience the joy of sharing, remix, and
reuse with this unbelievable selection of works, including those some of
your favorite authors, including Willa Cather
<https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.213611>, Joseph Conrad
<https://archive.org/details/rovercon00conruoft>, Arthur Conan Doyle
<https://archive.org/details/caseforspiritpho00doyl>, E.M Forster
<https://archive.org/details/pharospharillon00forsuoft>, Kahlil Gibran
<https://archive.org/details/texts?and%5B%5D=date%3A1923*+AND+creator%3A%28Kahlil+Gibran%29>
and Aldous Huxley
<https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.94072/page/n7>. Watch a Charlie
Chaplin movie
<https://archive.org/details/CharlesChaplinCharlotElPeregrinoThePilgrim1923>
(now free for reuse) or learn to dance that 1923 international sensation,
the Charleston!
[image: Public Domain]
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-opening-of-the-public-domain-tickets-53356519787>

Ever since the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act, no published works have
entered the public domain in the United States (well, none due to copyright
expiration). But starting on January 1, 2019, tens of thousands of books,
films, visual art, sheet music, plays, and other works published in 1923
are now free of copyright. At 2 p.m. Lawrence Lessig, founder of the
Creative Commons, shares his take on the future.


*Schedule of Events:*

*10am:* Doors open & registration
*10-12:45 pm:* Interactive public domain demos by Creative Commons,
Internet Archive, Wikipedia, Authors Alliance, Electronic Frontier
Foundation, California Digital Library, Center for the Study of the Public
Domain, LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Cleveland Art
Museum, and many more!
*Noon-1pm:* Lunch on your own in the Richmond District
*1pm-6 pm:* Keynote speakers, lightning talks and panels highlighting the
value and importance of the public domain
*6-7 pm:* Reception

Please feel free to dress in *1920s attire*! We sure will be.

If you can't attend in person, we will be *livestreaming* the 1pm-6pm PT
programming on our Internet Archive Youtube channel
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFa_X02QhJnP0FNpFAKyRRg>.

If you're interested in *volunteering* during the event, we'd love your
help! Please email volunteer at archive.org.
Get Your Tickets Now
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-opening-of-the-public-domain-tickets-53356519787>

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