CIRCLE WITH A DOT

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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The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!

️ 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.

Watch the full recording ️ https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright

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Welcome to the Public Domain, DOUGHBOYS (1930)

Buster Keaton talks… & sings! In his first talkie, the famous Stone Face of the silent era reveals a surprisingly deep voice & joins a ukulele-led scat jam of "You Never Did That Before" with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards—the voice of Jiminy Cricket.

Full film ️ https://archive.org/details/doughboys_1930

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