Resources
Digital Storytelling
Copyright and Fair Use
Image Sources
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OpenPhoto has hundreds of stock photos licensed for free commercial and non-commercial use.
- OSU Stock Photos
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Flickr's Creative Commons pool is a searchable and browseable database of licensed photos from this photo sharing service.
- flickrcc.bluemountains.net searches Creative Commons images from Flickr
- Bigfoto.com offers pictures from around the world, including America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Pacific.
- EveryStockPhoto.com is a search engine for creative commons photos. This is a single integrated search, allowing users to bookmark their photos with private and public tags.
- FreeDigitalPhotos.net has over 2000 free images that you can use in commercial and noncommercial work. You are not allowed to sell, redistribute, or claim these images as your own. You can browse by category or search for exactly what you need.
- FreeMediaGoo.com has a large collection of images, audio, textures, and other visual mediums that you can use for free with some restrictions.
- FreeFoto.com has a large collection of free photographs (link back and attribution required).
- FreePhotosBank.com allows users to have non-exclusive, non-transferable license to images. You can search for photos, see which photos are the most popular, and which ones have the highest ratings.
- Fotogenika.net has photos for free download for personal, educational, and nonprofit use. The site includes categories such as architecture, animals, people, and textures.
- MorgueFile.com offers stock photographs in high resolution digital.
- Stock Exchange offers high quality images taken around the world by amateur photographers. The photographers establish the terms, so read the fine print, but most pictures can be reused immediately.
- Turbophoto.com provides free stock images from 10 categories all of which are in the public domain.
- U.S. Government Photos and Images
Video Sources
Audio Sources
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Diesel-U-Music The 2006 edition of this international music contest was open to unsigned artists playing rock, urban/hip-hop, and electronic music.
- Jamendo Provides an archive of CC-licensed music that's available for download via P2P. Jamendo features tags, user reviews and personalized recommendations, so you can easily find new tunes that suit your tastes.
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ccMixter A music remix site that tracks samples across different artists, all available under sampling licenses so that you too can join in the mix.
- Magnatune A new music label focused on try-before-you-buy music. Features licensed, downloadable tracks from a wide variety of artists that can also be purchased direct from the site
- SectionZ An electronic music community that offers Creative Commons-licensed tracks from genres like IDM, drum 'n' bass, and ambient.
- Dmusic The oldest online digital music community, Dmusic offers Creative Commons licenses for artists hosting their music.
- Opsound Features a pool of Creative Commons licensed audio.
- SoundClick Thousands of licensed music files are available on this community music hosting service.
- Freesound A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
Workshop Materials and Forms