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: Public Domain
Distributed Proofreaders
Volunteer project turning public domain books into eBooks, with proofreading tasks distributed amongst the project’s members.
Fediverse address:
@DProofreaders@universeodon.com
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
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
Liam Woodard
Videos of a professional clown practising popular public domain songs with a guitar.
Fediverse address:
@socialgaff@makertube.net
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
Oblique Questions
Bot posting questions taken out of context from public domain books.
Fediverse address:
@obliquestions@mastodon.matthewmcvickar.com
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
Open Siddur Project
Non-denominational initiative to build a libre open access archive of digitised Jewish prayer literature.
Fediverse address:
@opensiddur@aleph.land
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
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
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
Biodiversity Illustrations
Random images from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, an open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.
Fediverse address:
@biodiversitypix@mastodon.art
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
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
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
Kenney
Community-supported project creating public domain assets for video games.
Fediverse address:
@kenney@mastodon.gamedev.place
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