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On June 9, the Internet Archive welcomed film lovers, public domain enthusiasts, and fashionably dressed guests for an evening celebrating one of cinema’s enduring classics: Morocco (1930).
Our “Top Hat & Tails” screening marked the film’s first year in the public domain, bringing nearly a century-old story to a new generation of viewers. Guests embraced the spirit of the evening by arriving in everything from classic tuxedos and evening...

by Marie Kochsiek
Decentralized technologies have the potential to create a better web: one that upholds people’s privacy, security, and self-determination. Yet, for many communities, the current web has failed to provide these foundations. Marginalized and underserved...

Governments produce an abundance of information and put that information in the public domain, but often the public can’t easily find or access it. The Internet Archive’s Democracy’s Library project is helping by preserving critical information and publications...

For nearly 30 years, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has helped preserve the public record.
It has captured more than 1 trillion web pages, documented history in real time, and ensured that journalists, researchers, historians, librarians, and the public can continue to access reporting long after stories are published. From breaking news and...