Shareable Media

Multiple Media Genres

Internet Archive. Free video, audio and text resources – check for restrictions. http://archive.org/

WikiMedia Commons. Public domain and re-use licensed graphics, audio and video. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Graphics

Flickr Advanced Search. Find Creative Commons licensed images on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/

Public Domain Pictures. Public domain images (no copyright) – note possible non-commercial restrictions. http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/

Morguefile.com. Free photos, some restrictions (see terms). http://morguefile.com/

ImageAfter. Almost any use (see terms). http://www.imageafter.com/

FreeImages. Most uses (see terms). http://www.freeimages.com

Open Clip Art Library. Public domain clip art. http://openclipart.org/

OpenStreetMap. Open source, world-wide streetmaps (Creative Commons and Open Database licenses). http://www.openstreetmap.org/

PICOL PIctorial Communiation Language. Creative Commons (CC BY) licensed, open source icons. http://picol.org/

Audio

FreeSound. Creative Commons licensed sounds. http://www.freesound.org/

Jamendo. Royalty free music. http://www.jamendo.com/en/

Free Music Archive. Creative Commons and other licenses. http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/creative_commons

Phlow Magazine. Creative Commons music. http://phlow-magazine.com/

Last.fm – Creative Commons. Creative Commons licensed content. http://www.last.fm/music/+free-music-downloads/creative+commons

CCmixter. Creative Commons and other licenses – check for restrictions. http://dig.ccmixter.org/

Creative Commons Search and Citation Tools

Google’s advanced search page lets you restrict search results by Creative Commons licenses

The Creative Commons search page — you can use the tabs along the top of the Creative Commons search page to use a specific search engine such as Google, Yahoo!, Blip TV, etc.

Open Washington – Open Attribution Builder. Use this online tool to generate accurate linked attributions for creative commons images you use on your website. http://www.openwa.org/attrib-builder/