What is Creative Commons?

The following are links to resources for audio, images and video that are for the most part copyright free, or have creative commons licenses in place. It is still the users responsibility to make sure that media is used according to the permissions set by the owner.

 

 

http://www.vads.ac.uk/  - free use images for education

Creative Commons Search Engine

Creative Commons Content Directories

Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound - (Mostly!) for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc.

Teacher Tap -  Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open Source, and Student Use Images and Media 

Movies Found Online.com - Public Domain Movies & Documentaries http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic98.htm

Internet Archive - features open audio, music, texts, images, historical video footage, and more

 

Calisphere, A World of Digital Resources - University of California

ccMixter - Creative Commons own music site - audio resources (download, sample, cut up, share)

Copyright Free and Public Domain Media Sources - from University of Wisconsin

Royalty Free Music - (fee)

American University School of Communication - Information on Fair Use, Some Resources

Lifehacker - 6 ways to find reusable media

Wikimedia Commons - database of freely usable media files

Morgue File - public image reference archive

Musopen! - Free public domain classical music site

The Freesound Project - A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds (not songs)

Mashable.com - A list of 25+ sources for Creative Commons Content

Pics4learning - copyright-friendly images for education
Partners in Rhyme - royalty free music and sound effects

FreeDigital Photos.net - Royalty free Images only requiring a credit or link back to site

FreeRange -  Royalty free Images only requiring a credit or link back to site
Digital Imaging Project - Free Use Art Historical Images only requiring credit or link back to site

The National Archives - for students and educators

Library of Congress - may or may NOT be in the public domain. Check each one!

US Geological Survey - educational resources

NASA

Jamendo - has more than 10,000 albums by more than 5000 artists, all free and licensed under some form of Creative Commons license

Magnatune - No paid license is required for people using this music to create new works for non-commercial use

Flickr - use the advanced search page to locate CC licensed or public domain photos within the site

kitZu - free school-oriented, copyright friendly media resources organized into "kits" of different themes or curriculum topics