What is Public Domain Entertainment – A Formal Introduction from a Longtime Steemian
Public Domain Entertainment here is a double entendre. One meaning is that it is content of some sort – books, movies, songs, etc that is not copyrighted and free to distribute among the masses. Two, it is the name of this account. This is my second account on Steemit and one that is intended to provide completely free entertainment to my friends here.
For those reading this on Gravis Ludus, you may be wondering what Steemit is. Steemit is somewhat of a swiss army knife of social media. At its core, Steemit is a Blockchain that offers two cryptocurrencies to its users. Steem and Steem Backed Dollars.
Without getting too far into that, I will say, the Steem Blockchain offers a of versatility. Unlike other social media platforms that require a different password and screen name to use them (because they are different entities), with things built on the Steem Blockchain it is different.
Prefer videos and tired of YouTube messing with your monetization? Check out DTube. Want to post memes? DMania has your back. Like Pinterest? Check out Steepshot. Running a podcast and want to earn some money from it? DSound has your back. Finally, are you a livestreamer wondering how to reach a new audience? DLive. Prefer to tell us what you ate this morning or what your plans are this weekend? Check out the main site, Steemit, or Busy.org or one of the many other options. They all use the same account, so you can simply log in and you are up and running. No waiting, no new account.
Back to the reason for this new account.
Free entertainment. This could be video games, movies, songs, books, etc. There is a wealth of public domain content available. I want to bring light to that stuff with this account.
The reason I decided to start a new account was because on my main account, triverse, I cover a lot of gaming and some movies. Occasionally I posted public domain entertainment up. Such as Night of the Living Dead.
The results from these posts were quite good. Some great interaction with others on Steemit concerning just how movies like this became public domain for instance.
I also noticed that my followers grew when I was posting public domain content regularly. That told me there is a group out there that wants to check this stuff out.
When I would not post any new public domain content for a period I saw my followers drop. I figure the followers that wanted more PDE dropped off when it didn’t continue coming.
Rather than convolute my main account with occasional content that people wanted, and would leave once it didn’t come often, I decided to start a separate account for public domain entertainment.
My promise with this account, and any others I might create.
I will not use my account to upvote content from the others. Simple. I won’t. I promise.
I don’t feel that is fair and that it is akin to just upvoting my own content per account if I do that.
That is unfair to my fellow Steemians who are producing great content that I think more people should see. That is accomplished by upvoting that content and supporting those Steemians so they know people want more of it.
What you won’t see on this account.
I will not be posting content that is not public domain. This includes reviews anything that is just “free” such as mobile games – those are copyrighted and owned. They are not public domain, even though they are free to play.
What you can expect.
Coverage of movies, books, music, etc. Anything that is completely public domain is going to be posted here. I will do my best to make it interesting and fun.
What do you want to see?
Considering there is a plethora of public domain content out there, I want to ask, what do you want to see? Let me know in the comments.
Do you prefer movies? Books? Music? Classic radio shows? We can have a lot of fun with this.
There's some phenomenal (and phenomenally interesting) public domain literature out there to explore.
Charles Brockden Brown wrote several novels which are now regarded as the earliest Gothic fiction published. "Wieland" is quite fun: a Hitchcockian story of paranoia, murder, spontaneous human combustion, and mistaken identity with a strong female protagonist. It was published in 1798, so it's long been in the public domain.
Another great public domain work in the fantasy/horror genre is William Hope Hodgson's "The House on the Borderland", which I reviewed last year on Steemit. If you like "The Blair Witch Project" as a movie, and/or "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski, "House on the Borderland" should be right up your alley. :)
Very true. There is a lot of public domain stuff. A lot of it will probably surprise our friends here on Steemit and those finding out via search engines. It is almost too much to wade through.
I believe Arthur Nikisch's recording of Beethoven's Fifth is public domain, which may be of interest to any classical music fans on Steemit. It's been uploaded to YouTube, and I expect there are a handful of CD and LP releases from various publishers - to say nothing of the original 78s.
It was conducted by Arthur Nikisch and played by the Berlin Philharmonic. (Despite what some dated sources may say, it was not the first complete Beethoven's 5th. At least two predate it.) Despite its great age it's a magnificent performance - Nikisch after all could be called the father of the school of conducting that lead to such incredible luminaries as Furtwangler, Scherchen, Mengelberg, Celibidache and other highly individual, emotionally-charged and passionate - "Romantic" - conductors.
The recordings themselves date back to the acoustic era of recording. For those unfamiliar, this was before the advent of the microphone: a recording horn was used. For orchestral music this made recording very difficult - instruments had to be positioned differently, the size of the ensemble had to be drastically cut down to fit into a room, violins would be replaced by Stroh violins, cellos and basses would be replaced by tubas and such to strengthen the bass as the recording horn didn't capture bass very well.
Though incredibly old and fuzzy, it is true what that say about the ears being the best 'filter' and 'cleaner' of audio. If you listen through it, you will find - despite the fuzz, despite the muted sound, despite the limits of the recording horn, despite its age of 105 years! - it is a fantastic performance. (Of the three YouTube uploads linked above, I recommend the last of them, which links to the first movement. The same uploader has the other three movements on his channel as well.)
I am probably in the minority in that my greatest interest will emerge with recordings of classical music.
That said, you have my follow - I look forward to seeing more!
Music is a fundamental staple of the public domain. I will certainly be focusing on music and old radio shows that are now public domain. I am sure more than a few eyes will be opened at some of this content. Get your CD burner ready to create those custom public domain music compilations.
Hello, pde! Wish you a very fulfilling experience here in this very cool community with many nice people :) Cheers!
By the way, there are several groups you as a newcomer can join. They will stay with you for your journey, helping and mentoring along the way.
@greetersguild invite link https://discord.gg/AkzNSKx
@newbieresteemday invite link https://discord.gg/2ZcAxsU
Greetings new members
Happy to see you join Steemit, if any questions about this platform, please click www.steemithelp.net
Kind regards
Interesting new account. i love to make videos, write songs.
I love hearing new music and checking out great content. The idea for this account grew from things I saw years ago. Mainly the fact that there is a TON of great public domain items that no one knows about. That is a shame and I want to help people find it. There is literally hundreds of thousands of pieces of original work that is completely free and is actually good.
Good idea and I try introducing people to great things, too.
I agree podcasters and video producers have a platform. But it's very difficult to be discovered or make money on Steem without a lot of work. I'd argue even more so than YouTube.
My mention of YouTubers maybe thinking about coming over to DTube is the lack of censorship and sometimes any monetization is better than none. Also, if they are able, they can still sell sponsorships on their shows and not have to worry about not getting approved for a YouTube Partnership.
✅ @pde, I gave you an upvote on your first post! Please give me a follow and I will give you a follow in return!
Please also take a moment to read this post regarding bad behavior on Steemit.
STEEMSCHOOLS
We are here to help you grow, we have live classes every day by DISCORD.
Join here https://discord.gg/Sf6YH6j
WE WIN TOGETHER
welcome >Dear @pde
.
.
.
i Am @mistersteem
Hello! The company has great prospects and I want to become a friend to do more ;