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Why is copyright important?
Copyright is very important to understand as you begin to produce digital media at Penn State. Copyright law is complex and sometimes intimidating. But if you ever plan to share your work publicly, on a website, blog, or ePortfolio, it is essential to make sure that any use of third-party media is legal. Fortunately, we have assembled some resources to make this process easier for you.
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Free Media Library
Please read our Overview of Licenses
URL |
Description | License Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Album Download |
Industrial, electronic-influenced music. |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | ? |
| Flickr Creative Commons Photos |
CC-Licensed photos from Flickr |
Creative Commons: Various | ? |
| Google Image Search (CC filter) |
Select various license filters under Usage Rights. Very expansive, searches CC-licensed Flickr photos and much more. |
Creative Commons: Various | ? |
| WGBH Lab |
Categorized stock video clips from WGBH TV. |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | ? |
| Moby Gratis signup |
Electronic music from artist Moby. |
Author-Defined License | ? |
| Search CC |
Searchable library of CC-licensed audio and video. |
Creative Commons: Various | ? |
| AV Geeks |
The A/V Geeks Film Archive is an ephemeral film collection featuring among other things old civil defense & public service films shot by the government in the 40's & 50's. |
Creative Commons: Various | ? |
| Open-Source Movies |
Public Domain and CC-Licensed Movies from the Internet Archive project. |
Creative Commons: Various | ? |
| Internet Archive: VJ Loops |
Short, stylized, loopable video loops, typically used by VJ's |
Creative Commons: Various | ? |
| Free Sound |
"The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs." |
Creative Commons: Various | ? |
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