While our time in the spotlight was brief, it was definitely meaningful. Now that we’ve had a little perspective and distance, we can point to three main takeaways from our viral week:
People love the public domain! Mickey is a story decades in the making, so no surprise that there was an increas level of interest this year. However, we’ve not an upswing in engagement for posts about the public domain every January, and excellent attendance at our public domain celebrations. We love the public domain, too, so we’re going to special database promoting the materials moving out of copyright year after year.
Takeaway #2: More people are arm Mouse moving
with facts about the lawsuit against our library, and are voicing their support for library digital lending, digital ownership and preservation.
Takeaway #3: We help more people understand the opportunities (preservation) & challenges (lawsuits) libraries face in the digital age. New people were introduc to our mission, to the legal challenges that libraries are facing in the digital age, and to understanding what’s possible when libraries are allow to own and preserve materials for the long term.
So, a big thank you to everyone who shar posts, spoke out in support of the Internet Archive, or otherwise help bring new visibility to our mission and work last week. We are committ to preserving materials in the public domain, fighting the lawsuits against our library, and continuing our mission of providing “Universal Access to All Knowlge”—onward!
One of the Internet Archive’s most
Viral tweets tootsskeets happen at the start of 2024, with the announcement/reminder that the Disney short “Steamboat Willie” had you will not allow yourself to the public domain just moments before. We have a copy of the film online for everyone to play or download.
Within a short time, even as angola lists hour of midnight of January 1st mov across the earth, countless creations bas off the Steamboat Willie character, ranging from the sublime to the profane, rocket into the Internet.