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Tagged: Public Domain

Project Gutenberg

The world’s oldest digital library, distributing public domain books as free digital files in open formats.

Fediverse address (main account):
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

Fediverse address (official bot posting latest titles):
@gutenberg_new@mastodon.social

Tagged Books, eBooks, Libraries, Public Domain

Wikidata

Free open knowledge base, available for anyone to use on any project. It is collaboratively edited like Wikipedia, and its contents is public domain.

Fediverse address:
@wikidata@wikis.world

Tagged Collaborative Tech, Computing, Free Open Source Software, Internet, Open Data, Public Domain, Wikis

Public Domain Guppe Group

Discussion group about the public domain and topics related to it. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)

Fediverse address:
@publicdomain@a.gup.pe

Tagged Copyright & Intellectual Property, Fediverse Discussion Groups, Guppe Discussion Groups, Public Domain

Old Roadside Pictures

Posts public domain photographs of kitsch American roadside scenery, as taken by John Margolies from 1969 to 2008.

Fediverse address:
@roadside@tech.intersects.art

Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Architecture, Bots, Culture, Photography, Public Domain, Retro, Travel, United States

CuisineLibre

French language site that features public domain and creative commons food recipes accompanied with lots of photos.

Fediverse address (in French):
@CuisineLibre@mamot.fr

Tagged Cookery & Kitchens, Creative Commons, Food & Drink, Français, Public Domain

Amiga Boing Blog

Blog devoted to Commodore Amiga public domain, shareware and freeware games, attempting to collect as many as possible in one place.

Fediverse address:
@AmigaBoing@mastodonapp.uk

Tagged 16 Bit, 1980s, 1990s, Commodore Amiga, Computing, Computing History & Retro Computing, Gaming, Public Domain, Retro Gaming, Video Games

RetroStrangeTV

Live streaming account on the Fediverse that shows weird old public domain films and television series 24 hours a day. They are usually kitsch documentaries or tacky sci-fis, but there’s the occasional genuine classic too.

Fediverse address:
@rstv@live.retrostrange.com

Tagged Ephemera, Film & TV, Horror, Kitsch, Live Streaming, OwnCast, Public Domain, Retro, Science Fiction, Videos

Kay Lousberg

Freelance 3D graphics artist with a colourful cute style, also makes public domain CC0 game assets for anyone to use.

Fediverse address:
@KayLousberg@mastodon.social

Tagged Art, CGI & 3D Graphics, Digital Art (Not AI), Game Development, Public Domain

Oblique Questions

Bot posting questions taken out of context from public domain books.

Fediverse address:
@obliquestions@mastodon.matthewmcvickar.com

Tagged Books, Bots, Fun & Humour, Public Domain

Biodiversity Illustrations

Random images from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, an open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.

Fediverse address:
@biodiversitypix@mastodon.art

Tagged Academic, Academic Libraries, Academic Resources, Animals, Biology, Bots, Libraries, Open Science, Plants, Public Domain, Science

Creative Commons

Official account for the non-profit organisation that promotes Creative Commons licences and public domain tools for sharing knowledge and creativity.

Fediverse address:
@creativecommons@mastodon.social

Tagged Art, Commons, Copyright & Intellectual Property, Creative Commons, Culture, Law & Legal Issues, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, Public Domain

The Public Domain Review

Non-profit project highlighting the best and most interesting public domain art, books and other media.

Fediverse address:
@publicdomainrev@mastodon.social

Tagged Art, Books, Culture, Literature, Public Domain

Liam Woodard

Videos of a professional clown practising popular public domain songs with a guitar.

Fediverse address:
@socialgaff@makertube.net

Tagged Music, PeerTube, Performing Arts, Acting & Theatre, Public Domain, Videos

Distributed Proofreaders

Volunteer project turning public domain books into eBooks, with proofreading tasks distributed amongst the project’s members.

Fediverse address:
@DProofreaders@universeodon.com

Tagged Books, Collaborative Tech, eBooks, Public Domain

Classical Artwork

A bot that posts random historical public domain paintings and drawings every few hours. The paintings are sourced from the classical artwork PD site at artvee.com

Fediverse address:
@art@acg.mn

Tagged Art, Art History, Bots, Culture, Drawing, History, Painting, Public Domain

The Internet Archive

Massive non-profit archive website which includes digital copies of vast amounts of printed, audiovisual and interactive media. Perhaps most famous for its Wayback Machine which allows people to look at older versions of almost any website.

Fediverse address:
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Tagged Archives, Audio, Books, Creative Commons, History, Internet, Libraries, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, Public Domain, Videos
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