Creative Commons-licensed content directories

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Creative Commons is maintaining a content directory wiki of organizations and projects using Creative Commons licenses.[1] On its website CC also provides case studies of projects using CC licenses across the world.[2] CC licensed content can also be accessed through a number of content directories and search engines.

  • Open Clip Art Library
  • Common Content
    - now offline (accessed 16 November 2007).
  • Creative Commons' Content Directories
  • Creative Commons' Search Page
  • Google Advanced Search - select an option under Usage Rights, to search for CC content
  • Mozilla Firefox
    web browser with default Creative Commons search functionality
  • video games
  • The Internet Archive - Project dedicated to maintaining an archive of multimedia resources, among which Creative Commons-licensed content
  • Yahoo's Creative Commons Search

News and media

  • The Conversation - Content is sourced from the academic and research community. Site content is under a Creative Commons — Attribution/No derivatives license.[3]
  • Aeon.co - Aeon ideas are interesting pieces and thought narratives re-publishable online or in print under their Creative Commons licence.[4]
  • Singularity Hub - Providing news coverage of sci/tech breakthroughs, certain articles can be republished for free in any language, online or in print, under the Creative Commons license CC BY-ND 4.0.[5]
  • ProPublica - A nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism. Articles and graphics can be republished for free under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.[6]
  • Futurism (website) - Future news site with all content licensed under Creative Commons for Attribution-Non-Commercial Use.[7]

Audio and music

  • CCMixter
    - A Creative Commons Remix community site
  • Dogmazic - Archive of free music based in France, one of the main actor of free music movement in Europe
  • Electrobel - A Creative Commons Community for Belgium, France, Netherlands, UK, Italy
  • Jamendo - An archive of music albums under Creative Commons licenses
  • Directory.Audio - A community collaborative, free database of sound effects, music and audio intros released under a Creative Commons license
  • Newgrounds Audio portal - All the music submitted to the Newgrounds Audio portal is free to use under BY-NC-SA 3.0.

Photos and images

  • Newgrounds Art portal - Artists who submit art to the Newgrounds Art portal may choose to use a Creative Commons licence.
  • Open Clip Art Library
  • Pixabay - Provides public domain photos, illustrations, vector graphics, and film footage
  • FreeSVG.org - Provides public domain (CC0) vector images in SVG format
  • Creativevectors.org - Provides vector images with Creative Commons licences.

References

  1. ^ "Creative Commons Content Directories". Wiki.creativecommons.org. 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  2. ^ "Creative Commons Case Studies". Wiki.creativecommons.org. 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  3. ^ "Republishing guidelines — The Conversation". theconversation.com. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  4. ^ "Aeon Ideas". Aeon. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  5. ^ "Republish Our Content—Singularity Hub Launches Creative Commons". Singularity Hub. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  6. ^ "Steal Our Stories — ProPublica". ProPublica. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  7. ^ "FAQ". Futurism. Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-03-21.

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