Every year, on 1 January, advocates of free and open content celebrate the works of art that have entered the public domain around the world. Why New Year’s Day? Copyrighted works such as books, artworks or music are only protected for a certain number of years, and this protection ends on 1 January.
On 20 January 2022, Creative Commons, the Internet Archive, and various other Open Movement leaders will honor the amazing works published in 1926 that will enter the public domain for the first time.
Next year’s public domain celebration will be one for the history books, as approximately 400,000 sound recordings from the pre-1923 era will join the public domain for the first time in our history due to the recently enacted Music Modernization Act in the United States.That’s why this year, our theme is a Celebration of Sound.
Virtual Celebration
Join us for a virtual party on 20 January 2022 at 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm UTC with a keynote from Senator Ron Wyden, champion of the Music Modernization Act, and a host of musical acts, dancers, historians, librarians, academics, activists and other leaders from the Open world! This event will explore the rich historical context of recorded sound from its earliest days, including early jazz and blues, classical, and spoken word recordings reflecting important political and social issues of the era.
其他赞助组织包括:图书馆未来、SPARC、作者联盟、生物遗产多样性图书馆、公共知识、ARSC、杜克公共领域研究中心和音乐图书馆协会。
In-person Celebration
互联网档案馆还将于2022年1月20日(周四)下午6点在旧金山芳斯顿大道300号举办一场真人舞会。在那里，你可以和志同道合的公共领域爱好者一起喝着杜松子酒(Gin Rickey)、手帕(Hanky Panky)或新加坡鸡尾酒(Singapore Sling)。吃虾鸡尾酒，黄瓜三明治或华尔道夫沙拉。届时将有舞蹈老师帮助您学习20世纪20年代的舞蹈——查尔斯顿舞。时期服饰的鼓励。让我们为公共领域欢呼吧!
Register for the live, in-person Internet Archive event in San Francisco here.
