Collaborate Disseminate
Accessibility devices are a wonder of modern technology, allowing people with various needs to interact more easily with the world. From prosthetics to devices to augment or aid someone’s vision …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Braille Trainer Reduces Barrier to Entry
The end of the year brings with it festive cheer, and a look forward into the new year to come. For those with an interest in intellectual property and the …read more Continue reading Mickey Shall Be Free!
Here we are at the start of the new year, which for the Internet Archive means a note about what has just entered the public domain. 1927’s finest previously copyrighted …read more Continue reading What’s New, From 1927
The original author’s story is one of love, universal accord, and magic mushrooms. Continue reading Guy Who Wrote Minecraft’s Ending Poem Makes It Public Domain After Taking Shrooms
The term “open source” can be tricky. For many people, it’s taken to mean that a particular piece of software is free and that they can do whatever they wish …read more Continue reading Why Fedora Decided to Give CC0 Licensed Code the Boot
Content in the public domain isn’t just legal to download for free. It’s also legal to sell. Continue reading How Etsy Sellers and Big Business Make Money on Public Domain Art
Public Domain Day was yesterday, but you were probably hungover, so here’s how to download the tens of thousands of books that became legal to download for free in 2019. Continue reading How to Download the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain
Why the copyright terms on a goldmine of works from 1923 are about to expire. Continue reading A Massive Amount of Iconic Works Will Enter the Public Domain on New Year’s Eve
Happy Public Domain Day to everyone except America. Continue reading 2018 Is the Last Year of America’s Public Domain Drought
Few people would deny that farming is hard work. It always has been, and it probably always will be no matter how fancy the equipment gets. In 1932, farming was especially grueling. There was widespread drought throughout the United States, which gave rise to dust bowl conditions. As if those two things weren’t bad enough, the average income of the American farmer fell to its lowest point during the Depression, thanks to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
Even so, crop farming was still a viable and somewhat popular career path in 1932. After all, knowing how to grow food is always …read more
Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Farming Implements in 1932