A reminder that the public domain contains more than just old stuff from the 1920's & earlier. Like what, you ask?

Well, did you hear that musician & satirist Tom Lehrer just put his songs into the public domain? https://openculture.com/2022/12/tom-lehrer-puts-his-songs-into-the-public-domain-makes-them-free-to-download.html

Tom Lehrer Puts His Songs into the Public Domain & Makes Them Free to Download (for a Limited Time)

Deck the halls with hunks of holly / Fill the cup and don't say 'when.'' So sings musical satirist Tom Lehrer on his hit 1959 album An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer — which was recorded in March of that year, not that it stopped him from taking an out-of-season jab at the holidays.

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The files might only be available on Tom Lehrer's site for a limited time, but many are also on #Wikimedia Commons, which should be (more or less) permanent:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tom_Lehrer

Category:Tom Lehrer - Wikimedia Commons

@funcrunch @internetarchive I would imagine the Internet Archive is itself backing the songs up; that’s kind of their job!

@scott @internetarchive

Just noting another place for people to download them. 🙂