<p>I learned today that because of the strong Moral Rights protection in the <a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a> , it is not possible for Authors/Creators (defined as "natural persons" by law) to dedicate/release their work to the <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> .</p><p>And even if we use 0BSD, MIT-0, CC0, and other similar public-domain-equivalent licenses, we can still sue anyone who:</p><p>1. Misused our name<br>2. Misrepresented us<br>3. Misused our work (downstream)</p><p>All under Moral Rights because we can never waived it under Philippine law. Even with a promise not to sue anyone is not a guarantee.</p><p>So, saying, "This work is under 0BSD/MIT-0/CC0 and I will never sue anyone for whatever reason", won't work under Philippine law. The Creator/Author will always have their Moral Rights as the creator/author of the work. It's completely up to you to trust that they will fulfill their promise. 🤪</p><p><a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/copyleft/" rel="tag">#Copyleft</a> <a href="/tags/licenses/" rel="tag">#Licenses</a> <a href="/tags/sharealike/" rel="tag">#ShareAlike</a> <a href="/tags/freeculture/" rel="tag">#FreeCulture</a></p><p>👉🏽 <a href="/tags/ianal/" rel="tag">#IANAL</a> <a href="/tags/tinla/" rel="tag">#TINLA</a></p>
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<p>"On 30 April 1993 CERN issued a public statement stating that the three components of Web software (the basic line-mode client, the basic server and the library of common code) were put in the Public Domain [...]"</p><p><a href="https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/licensing-web" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/licensing-web"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">home.cern/science/computing/bi</span><span class="invisible">rth-web/licensing-web</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cds.cern.ch/record/1164399/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>cds.cern.ch/record/1164399/</a></p><p>Full text: <a href="https://genius.com/Cern-statement-concerning-cern-w-3-software-release-into-public-domain-annotated" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="genius.com/Cern-statement-concerning-cern-w-3-software-release-into-public-domain-annotated"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genius.com/Cern-statement-conc</span><span class="invisible">erning-cern-w-3-software-release-into-public-domain-annotated</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/computers/" rel="tag">#computers</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a></p>
<p>These accounts post lots of public domain & creative commons videos:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://vod.newellijay.tv/video-channels/archives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>archives</span></a></span> - Classic films, TV & animation</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/c/films/videos', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/c/films', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/video-channels/films', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>films</span></a></span> - PD & CC films, including sound & silent</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/c/historical/videos', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/c/historical', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/video-channels/historical', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historical</span></a></span> - Weird & ephemeral shorts from various decades</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/c/documentaries/videos', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/c/documentaries', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/video-channels/documentaries', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>documentaries</span></a></span> - Documentaries about all sorts of topics</p><p>See also these playlists:</p><p>FILMS (sound)<br><a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/fHrzK7h9WDaR2dmLRPszeM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/fHrzK7h9WDaR2dmLRPszeM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/fHrzK7h9WDaR2dm</span><span class="invisible">LRPszeM</span></a></p><p>FILMS (silent)<br><a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/sp9msEzM8z5SPZuizBzxFG" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/sp9msEzM8z5SPZuizBzxFG"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/sp9msEzM8z5SPZu</span><span class="invisible">izBzxFG</span></a></p><p>DOCUMENTARIES<br><a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/tPxJXrsdrXTvcFYZogBNC1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/tPxJXrsdrXTvcFYZogBNC1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/tPxJXrsdrXTvcFY</span><span class="invisible">ZogBNC1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/creativecommons/" rel="tag">#CreativeCommons</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/videos/" rel="tag">#Videos</a> <a href="/tags/films/" rel="tag">#Films</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a></p>
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<p>I've started a new PeerTube account dedicated entirely to music tracks that are public domain or creative commons. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.video/accounts/fedivideomusic" rel="nofollow">@fedivideomusic</a> </p><p>Some well-known tracks are starting to enter the public domain, and this account will try to bring them onto the Fediverse as they leave copyright.</p><p>There are just a couple of tracks on there to start it off, but I'll try to gradually add more.</p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomainmusic/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainMusic</a> <a href="/tags/1920s/" rel="tag">#1920s</a></p>
<p>In case you missed it, I've also got a PeerTube account for films and videos that are public domain or creative commons. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/a/fedivideo/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/a/fedivideo', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://fedi.video/accounts/fedivideo', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fedivideo</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already 82 videos on there, if you can't see them all from your server you can browse them all at <a href="https://fedi.video/a/fedivideo/videos" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedi.video/a/fedivideo/videos</a></p><p><a href="/tags/films/" rel="tag">#Films</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/videos/" rel="tag">#Videos</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/creativecommons/" rel="tag">#CreativeCommons</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>
<p>A Brief History of Project Gutenberg</p><p>The history of Project Gutenberg is connected to both the beginnings of the printing press as well as that of ebooks.</p><p>By Katie Moench (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/a-brief-history-of-project-gutenberg/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookriot.com/a-brief-history-of-project-gutenberg/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/a-brief-history-o</span><span class="invisible">f-project-gutenberg/</span></a></p><p>Our website:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>
<p>Containing 10,000+ items, the Public Domain Image Archive is a vast trove of illustrations, prints, scans, and more, all downloadable and free for use.</p><p><a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/public-domain-image-archive/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/public-domain-image-archive/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01</span><span class="invisible">/public-domain-image-archive/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a> <a href="/tags/archive/" rel="tag">#archive</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>
<p>Congrats "WHEN I LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND" by Queline Meadows.</p><p>First Place winner of the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest.</p><p>The short blends movies, images, music & text into a meditation on time’s passage. Explore all the winners: <a href="https://archive.org/details/2025-public-domain-day-film-contest" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/2025-public-domain-day-film-contest"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/2025-publi</span><span class="invisible">c-domain-day-film-contest</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/filmremix/" rel="tag">#FilmRemix</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/creativeworks/" rel="tag">#CreativeWorks</a></p>
<p>Wait. Is this reading correct?</p><p>"Under current law, content produced entirely by AI immediately enters the public domain, allowing unrestricted commercial use."</p><p><a href="https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2025/03/20/ai-generated-works-are-public-domain-court-affirms/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.synthtopia.com/content/2025/03/20/ai-generated-works-are-public-domain-court-affirms/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.synthtopia.com/content/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/20/ai-generated-works-are-public-domain-court-affirms/</span></a></p><p>Other news coverage:</p><p>"Because many of the Copyright Act's provisions make sense only if an author is a human being, the best reading of the Copyright Act is that human authorship is required for registration."</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/us-ap</span><span class="invisible">peals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a></p>
Get ready for a new Public Domain Day!<br><br>On January 1st, 2026 a lot of books and movies enter the public domain.<br><br>See the "2026 in public domain" wikipedia page for some interesting works and the "Public Domain Day in Literature" Standard Ebooks page.<br><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_</span><span class="invisible">public_domain</span></a><br><br><a href="https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">standardebooks.org/blog/public</span><span class="invisible">-domain-day-2026</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/gutenberg/" rel="tag">#Gutenberg</a> <a href="/tags/standardebooks/" rel="tag">#StandardEbooks</a><br><br><br><br>
<p>Tom Lehrer (1928–2025) made musical satire sing…and sting. His songs were funny, outrageous, & often uncomfortably true.</p><p>He died recently at 97. Years earlier, he disclaimed copyright to all his lyrics and compositions; a gesture as radical as his songs.</p><p>We remember his life, his legacy, & what it means for the <a href="/tags/digitalcommons/" rel="tag">#digitalcommons</a> ⤵️<br><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/08/01/tom-lehrer-1928-2025-a-life-in-satire-a-legacy-in-the-commons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.archive.org/2025/08/01/tom-lehrer-1928-2025-a-life-in-satire-a-legacy-in-the-commons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/08/01/to</span><span class="invisible">m-lehrer-1928-2025-a-life-in-satire-a-legacy-in-the-commons/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tomlehrer/" rel="tag">#TomLehrer</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/internetarchive/" rel="tag">#InternetArchive</a></p>
<p>I've seen an AI parody of the Obama "Hope" poster going around featuring <a href="/tags/portlandfrog/" rel="tag">#PortlandFrog</a> and I decided that I should make a non-AI version (left). This is also under <a href="/tags/cc0/" rel="tag">#cc0</a> ( <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a> ) so feel free to use it however you wish. <br><a href="/tags/portlandfrogs/" rel="tag">#portlandfrogs</a> <a href="/tags/antifascist/" rel="tag">#antifascist</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a> <a href="/tags/amphifa/" rel="tag">#amphifa</a> <a href="/tags/frog/" rel="tag">#frog</a> <a href="/tags/frogs/" rel="tag">#frogs</a> <a href="/tags/poster/" rel="tag">#poster</a> <a href="/tags/vector/" rel="tag">#vector</a> <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#portland</a></p>
<p>Wanda Gág's Millions of Cats (1928) is a new entrant to the <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a> this year and the oldest US children's book still in print. But there may be more to this heartwarming tale than first meets the eye... <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/millions-of-cats" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/millions-of-cats"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/millions-of-cats</span></a></p>
<p>From Anvār-i Suhaylī (1847).</p><p>Source: The Walters Art Museum</p><p><a href="https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76364279-8129-4931-bc3b-616babcd551f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pdimagearchive.org/images/76364279-8129-4931-bc3b-616babcd551f"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pdimagearchive.org/images/7636</span><span class="invisible">4279-8129-4931-bc3b-616babcd551f</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/panchatantra/" rel="tag">#panchatantra</a> <a href="/tags/persia/" rel="tag">#persia</a> <a href="/tags/lions/" rel="tag">#lions</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/rabbits/" rel="tag">#rabbits</a> <a href="/tags/hills/" rel="tag">#hills</a> <a href="/tags/hares/" rel="tag">#hares</a> <a href="/tags/trees/" rel="tag">#trees</a> <a href="/tags/fables/" rel="tag">#fables</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>
<p>View of excavated remains at Babylon (1913) by Robert Koldewey, from Das Wieder Erstehende Babylon: Die bisherigen Ergebnisse der deutschen Ausgrabungen.</p><p>Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive</p><p>Available to buy as a print.</p><p><a href="https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5cac382a-5bf4-46c4-84fa-ce1a7836e474" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pdimagearchive.org/images/5cac382a-5bf4-46c4-84fa-ce1a7836e474"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pdimagearchive.org/images/5cac</span><span class="invisible">382a-5bf4-46c4-84fa-ce1a7836e474</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#archeology</a> <a href="/tags/babylonia/" rel="tag">#babylonia</a> <a href="/tags/monuments/" rel="tag">#monuments</a> <a href="/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">#iraq</a> <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#architecture</a> <a href="/tags/ruins/" rel="tag">#ruins</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>
<p>The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!</p><p>🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.</p><p>Watch the full recording ➡️ <a href="https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/the-case-o</span><span class="invisible">f-the-disappearing-copyright</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomainday/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainDay</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/openculture/" rel="tag">#OpenCulture</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AuthorsAlliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AuthorsAlliance</span></a></span></p>
<p>Self Portrait, Yawning (ca. 1783) by Joseph Ducreux.</p><p>Source: The Getty</p><p>Available to buy as a print.</p><p><a href="https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38</span><span class="invisible">fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/emotions/" rel="tag">#emotions</a> <a href="/tags/gesture/" rel="tag">#gesture</a> <a href="/tags/physiognomy/" rel="tag">#physiognomy</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>
<p>The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks</p><p>It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.</p><p>by Mack DeGeurin</p><p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/technology/floppy-disk-archivist-project/?utm_source=nautilus.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=where-to-see-the-total-lunar-eclipse&_bhlid=52ff749846d631cfc15924ca032510c3a9e130dd" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.popsci.com/technology/floppy-disk-archivist-project/?utm_source=nautilus.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=where-to-see-the-total-lunar-eclipse&_bhlid=52ff749846d631cfc15924ca032510c3a9e130dd"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.popsci.com/technology/flop</span><span class="invisible">py-disk-archivist-project/?utm_source=nautilus.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=where-to-see-the-total-lunar-eclipse&_bhlid=52ff749846d631cfc15924ca032510c3a9e130dd</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/computerscience/" rel="tag">#computerscience</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>
<p>Winged Dragon (1658) by Edward Topsell, from The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents.</p><p>Source: University of Houston Digital Library</p><p><a href="https://pdimagearchive.org/images/44a84eb3-7cf1-4c96-9933-8f71da89d304" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pdimagearchive.org/images/44a84eb3-7cf1-4c96-9933-8f71da89d304"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pdimagearchive.org/images/44a8</span><span class="invisible">4eb3-7cf1-4c96-9933-8f71da89d304</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/spikes/" rel="tag">#spikes</a> <a href="/tags/wings/" rel="tag">#wings</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/woodcuts/" rel="tag">#woodcuts</a> <a href="/tags/dragons/" rel="tag">#dragons</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>
