Copyright+Friendly+Images+and+Sound

=Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons = COPIED = =

**Copyright** can be defined as the rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. It is generally not legal to use copyrighted text, images, audio, or video files without permission of the author or creator of the work. Crediting or citing the source of the copyrighted work does not substitute for obtaining necessary permission.

** Fair Use ** One limitation of copyright protection is the concept of “fair use.” Fair use is of particular interest for education.

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To request permission from copyright owners to use their works, click here: @http://www.landmark-project.com/permission_student.php

http://soundzabound.com Royalty free music library which meets all the licensing and technology requirements needed for education. Offers a wide variety of music, audio themes and sound effects for grades K -12 and universities that ensures your copyright safety. Perfect for podcasts, PowerPoint™, videos, news shows, video yearbooks, digital storytelling, presentations, TV broadcasts, web design and more! @http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free Purple Planet Free Collection of Royalty Free Music available for download, composed and performed by Geoff Harvey and Chris Martyn
 * Royalty Free Content**
 * Music**

[] This site contains recordings of songs that were published prior to 1922 and are now in the public domain which means the public is free to copy and use the works in any way. @http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/freemusic.htm @http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos http://ccmixter.org/find-music @http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/ @http://www.findsounds.com/ @http://www.muzic.com/ @http://www.gomoxie.org/ [] @http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/freemusic.htm

[] free sound clips, sound bites and and effects
 * Sounds**

[|http://www.wikimediacommons.org] [] - Pixabay is a good place to find and download qualitypublic domain images. You can search on Pixabay by using keywords or you can simply browse through the library of images. When you find an image you can download it in the size that suits your needs. Registered users do not have to enter a captcha code to download images. Users who do not register can download images, but they do have to enter a captcha code before downloading each picture.
 * Images**


 * Image Portals**
 * [|FlickrCC Blue Mountains]Displays attribution
 * [|Shahi Visual Dictionary] (check for licensing, many are CC and [|Wiktionary])
 * [|Beholdcc]Use the boxes before you search to select licensing
 * [|openphoto]: Free stock images. Use categories on the right to browse or click on //search//in the top bar
 * [|Flickr Storm](select appropriate Creative Common license from pull-down menu)
 * [|BurningWell](public domain, high resolution photos)
 * [|Public Domain Images]Public domain images (copyright friendly -safe images), royalty free stock photos. All photos on this site are top quality high resolution public domain images . They are explicitly placed in the public domain - copyleft. Use them freely for personal and commercial use. Largest image archive, several thousand photos in high resolution, nicely organized hierarchically in folders, easy to browse, all are public domain images, and all are 100% free for download.
 * [|US Government Photos and Multimedia]Most materials is in the public domain, but read the disclaimers.
 * [|Wikimedia Commons]: A database of 14 [|freely usable] media files to which [|anyone can contribute].
 * [|Images by type]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Science]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Nature]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons-Images-Society]
 * [|Creative Commons] A multimedia CC search, searches across [|Google], [|Yahoo!], [|BlipTV], [|SpinXpress], and [|OWL Music Search], allowing searchers to specify a search for media to use to modify or for commercial purposes
 * [|Jeff Bailey's Tech Tool Kit]
 * [|Fotogenika]
 * [|Free Digital Photos]
 * [|Pics4Learning]Copyright friendly images for education
 * [|GetMedia]
 * [|MorgueFile]"provides the public and creative community with free photos..
 * [|Free Pixels:]images may be used for both personal and commercial purposes under the limitations of this license
 * [|Free Photos Bank]
 * [|stock.xchng]
 * [|PD Photo]
 * [|Public Domain Pictures]- high resolution photos and illustrations under public domain license
 * [|FreeFoto.com]
 * [|Free Photo 1]
 * [|OurMedia]
 * [|FreeMediaGoo]
 * [|Picsearch]
 * [|Open Clip Art Library] - Clip art images in the public domain
 * [|Big Foto] - Copyright-free images (requires attribution/link to site)
 * [|Image After]
 * [|PIRC Photo Gallery]

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 * Other portals (some subject-specific)**
 * [|Smithsonian Flickr PhotoStream]
 * [|Flickr/Library of Congress: The Commons]: Goals--To **increase access** to publicly-held photography collections and to provide a way for the general public to **contribute information and knowledge**. (Check for licensing on individual images.)
 * [|ArtServe:]art and architecture from the Mediterranean, India, Japan, and Cambodia)
 * [|PBase World Gallery](amateur photos organized by country)
 * [|GeekPhilosopher]
 * [|American Memory Collection]: Library of Congress. (click on "Photos and Prints" and check the "Copyright and Restrictions" section for each collection)
 * [|American Memory Maps Collection]
 * [|America From the Great Depression to World War II: FSA/OWI 1935-1945]American Memory collection
 * [|Art Images for College Teaching]
 * [|Centre for Bioscience ImageBank]
 * [|Daguerreotype Portraits and Views 1839-1864]
 * [|Department of Agriculture Image Gallery]
 * [|Department of the Interior Photo Resources Library]
 * [|Graphic Maps.com]
 * [|Great Images in NASA (GRIN)]
 * [|Hamilton Museum of Art]
 * [|Images of American Political History]
 * [|Internet Moving Images Archive](read Conditions of Use)
 * [|Metropolitan Museum of Art] (Please read copyright info on [|http://www.metmuseum.org/copyright.htm)]
 * [|NARA's Search Tools]
 * [|NARA's (National Archives and Records Administration) NAIL Search]
 * [|NASA Image Exchange]
 * [|NASA Multimedia Gallery]
 * [|NASA Photo Archive]
 * [|NASA's Planetary Photojournal]
 * [|National Health Museum](AccessExcellence)
 * [|National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine]
 * [|PhotoPin] - free photos for bloggers, these photos are free to use using creative commons and offers the user different ways to obtain the photo via: download, links, or code (thanks to dkapuler@gmail.com).
 * [|Picture Collection Online](New York Public Library)
 * [|NOAA Photo Library](National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
 * [|NOAA - National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library]
 * [|Public Health Image Gallery]
 * [|Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography]
 * [|Science Images]
 * [|Science Images (Earth Zone)]
 * [|Selected Civil War Photographs]
 * [|Stock.xchng]
 * [|Training Reference: Images for Learning Materials]
 * [|US Air Force Link: Photos and Art]
 * [|US Fish and Wildlife Services Images]
 * [|US Geological Service Photographic Library]
 * [|US Poof Images]
 * [|USDA Historical Photos]
 * [|UTOPIA (UT Austin) Portrait Gallery](historical figures)
 * [|Pics4Learning]
 * [|University of Cambridge List of Freely Available Images Links]
 * [|PhotoPin] - free photos for bloggers, these photos are free to use using creative commons and offers the user different ways to obtain the photo via: download, links, or code (thanks to dkapuler@gmail.com).

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 * Sound/Music Portals**
 * [|Incomptech -]Royalty Free Music; Search by Genre or "Feel" of Music
 * [|Jamendo]- Requires free registration, but you can search by genre, artist, and more.
 * [|Audiofarm]
 * [|Audiophile]
 * [|ibeat]- Some music requires attribution; check individual licenses
 * [|freesound]Free account that must be set up to access downloads
 * [|ccmixter]
 * [|Opsound]