Title | Creator/Sponsor | URL | Content | Notes |
ccMixter |
sponsored by ArtisTech Media
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http://ccmixter.org | community music remixing | Creative Commons licenses |
Europeana Collections |
Multiple institutions, co-financed by the European Union | https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en |
Artworks, artefacts, books, videos, and sounds from across Europe |
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Flickr | Created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo on 20 March 2005. | http://flickr.com | Images | Some mature content. Check copyright status, as some images are restricted. |
Google Images | http://images.google.com | Images | Check copyright status, as some images are restricted. | |
Jamendo | a team of individuals based in Luxembourg and Brussels | http://www.jamendo.com |
Music, including radio stations and individual works from 150 countries |
Free streaming and free downloading, although licensing is possible. |
Open Clip Art Library |
Created by Jon Phillips & Bryce Harrington (Fabricatorz), this is now the largest community of artists making free original clipart. |
https://openclipart.org | Unlimited types of art images | No copyright restrictions. Material may be used for any purpose |
Pixabay | Founded by Hans Braxmeier & Simon Steinberger in Europe | https://pixabay.com | Images, video | Free, even for commercial use |
SoundCloud | SoundCloud, Berlin, Germany | https://soundcloud.com/stream | Music, audio | Directly connects creators and listeners through an open platform. |
spinXpress | Get Media | http://www.recordingedge.com/cuttingedgeservices/spinxpress.html | Searches among The Internet Archive, Flickr, and blip.tv, also from databases like Magnatune,and media collected from RSS feeds like ccMixter, CC Hits, and Freevlog. | Pull from content available under Creative Commons licenses. Select by license, media type, & source. |
Wikimedia Commons | Wikipedia | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |
Images, Videos, Photographs | Copyright varies. See "reuse" guide available through the main page. |
YouTube | The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 | http://www.youtube.com | Videos | Check copyright, as restrictions vary per video. |