As artificial intelligence reshapes how information is created, accessed, and consumed, long-standing commitments to open knowledge are being tested in new and urgent ways. Publishers, libraries, and educators—many of whom have championed openness for decades—are now grappling with a difficult question: open for whom? REGISTER NOW!
Join the Internet Archive for a live performance by Negativland, the legendary sound collage collective whose groundbreaking work has challenged conventions around media, copyright, and culture for more than four decades. Over The Edge: Significantly Less Deceptive comes to the Internet Archive's San Francisco headquarters for a live "theater of the mind" experience blending found sound, music, […]
Libraries increasingly face restrictive digital licensing terms that can make eBooks far more expensive than print, expire after a set number of checkouts or months, and limit libraries’ ability to preserve, share, or provide equitable access to digital books. The result is a system in which libraries can spend more and more money simply to […]