It’s no secret that the 1980 comedy movie Airplane! is a parody. But for some reason, I’ve spent my entire life…

Thanks to the Library of Congress, the earliest known film adaptation of Frankenstein, one of the foundational texts…

In a blow to manufacturers that use digital rights management (DRM) protections to prevent consumers from tinkering…

In 2010, the Library of Congress started archiving every single public tweet that was published on Twitter. It even…

There’s a fascinating backstory about the building that is now the National Audiovisual Conservation Center, which…

The DMCA takedown and counter-takedown procedures has been a mess for a while now. And it didn’t look like anyone…

Decrypting copyrighted materials is, according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, an illegal act. Yesterday,…

Most people who work in the U.S. Capitol don’t know about the 100-year-old book conveyor tunnel underneath them that…

New York and DC are piles of ash, but at least your checks are clearing. That was the idea behind the Culpeper…

Archivists at the Library of Congress recently discovered a "Nazi Driver Education Film." It shows German society…

Below the jump is the only remaining fragment of Winsor McCay's 1921 animation The Centaurs. It was produced by…

Each year the Library of Congress adds 25 movies to the National Film Registry for preservation. This year they've…

There may be a recent resurgence of interest in silent film (thanks in no small part to the success of The Artist),…

The clock is ticking as a full-fledged government shutdown looms on the horizon. House Republicans remain resolute…

Emoji Dick, the oh-man-how-did-this-actually-work-out emoji translation of Moby Dick, is now in the Library of…

The Library of Congress is brimming with flawless daguerreotype photographs that give us a pristine look into the…

The Library of Congress is one of the most splendid resources in the country—which is terrific, if you're in DC. For…

In 1926 Nikola Tesla gave an interview to Collier's Weekly in which he predicted something that sounds remarkably…

Last week, the Library of Congress confirmed it's blocking WikiLeaks. Censorship principles aside, the ban has one…

These incandescent pictures and postcards from the turn of the 19th century aren't true color photography — they…