01-18-2008, 06:15 PM
Quote:You need an image for that brochure you're designing, and you need it now. Put your hands in the air and step away from the cheesy clipart, mister. Thanks to organizations like Creative Commons, licenses like the GNU Free Documentation License, and the public domain, there are tons of photos, songs, movies and documents freely available for you to download and republish without fear of the copyright police.
Before you start the new school year or try to impress the boss with a kickass multimedia presentation, check out 6 ways you can find legally-republishable content on the web.
1. Creative Commons search interface
Video, music, images and documents
Creative Commons' recently released tabbed search interface looks up CC-licensed photos from Flickr, any file type on Yahoo! and Google, and videos on Blip.TV. Very convenient. (Before you go publishing, be sure to check exactly which CC license that perfect photo carries - whether or not it can be modified, used for commercial purposes, or should include attribution.)
2. Wikimedia
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