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Most of the media in these collections are attached to //generous// copyright licensing. Though you may not need to ask permission to use them when publishing on the Web for educational purposes, you should //**cite**// or attribute these images to their creators unless otherwise notified! If you see any copyright notices on these pages, read them for further instructions.
 * Note: always check individual licensing notices before publishing on the Web or broadcasting!**

And for guidance in using //copyrighted// materials, consult the [|Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education].

To explore new trends copyright licensing, view these presentations and resources: >
 * [|Lawrence Lessig Free Culture]
 * [|Creative Commons: Get Creative]
 * [|Sharing Creative Works] (presentation for teachers and students)
 * [|Creative Commons Licenses]
 * [|Creative Commons Zero]
 * [|Drape's Takes Educator's Guide to Creative Commons]
 * [|Smart Copying The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE] (using Creative Commons in schools)

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 * Major Portals**
 * [|Flickr's Creative Commons Pool]: Browse through the images provided by Flickr users who have chosen to offer their pictures under a Creative Commons license. A [|Flickr Advanced Search] also allows you to search for these images easily.
 * [|FlickrCC Blue Mountains] Displays attribution
 * [|Flickr Free Use Photos] Photo sharing, no attribution necessary
 * [|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)
 * [|US Government Photos and Multimedia] Most materials is in the public domain, but read the disclaimers.
 * [|Library of Congress Photo Stream on Flickr]
 * [|Wikimedia Commons]: A database of 14 [|freely usable] media files to which [|anyone can contribute].
 * [|Common Content] an open catalog of Creative Commons licensed content
 * [|Creative Commons] Search Flickr, Yahoo!, Google, OWL Music Search, SpinXpress, and BlipTV to "find [|Creative Commons]-licensed media that you can legally share and reuse for free"
 * [|Jeff Bailey's Tech Tool Kit]
 * [|Fotogenika]
 * [|Yotophoto:] indexes over a quarter million Creative Commons, Public Domain, GNU FDL, and other copyleft images.
 * [|Free Digital Photos]
 * [|Public Domain Images]
 * [|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]
 * [|Morguefile]
 * [|ccpics.com]
 * [|ccMixter] : creative commons music
 * [|Free Sound Effects and Loops] - Free sound effects and music loops .wav files for download


 * Other portals (some subject-specific)**
 * [|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]
 * [|Open ClipArt Library]
 * [|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]
 * [|Incomptech -] Royalty Free Music; Search by Genre or "Feel" of Music
 * [|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 http://nix.nasa.gov/
 * NASA Multimedia Gallery http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html
 * NASA Photo Archive http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html
 * NASA's Planetary Photojournal http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
 * National Health Museum (AccessExcellence) http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/
 * National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/
 * Picture Collection Online (New York Public Library) http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
 * NOAA Photo Library (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
 * Public Health Image Gallery http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/home.asp
 * [|Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography]
 * Science Images http://www.ase.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Science
 * Science Images (Earth Zone) http://www.ase.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Earth_Zone
 * Selected Civil War Photographs http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
 * Training Reference: Images for Learning Materials http://www.trainingreference.co.uk/free_pictures/index.html
 * US Air Force Link: Photos and Art. http://www.af.mil/photos/
 * US Fish and Wildlife Services Images http://pictures.fws.gov/
 * US Geological Service Photographic Library http://www.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/photographic-library/photographic-library.html
 * US Poof Images http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm
 * USDA Historical Photos http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/histfeat.htm
 * UTOPIA (UT Austin) Portrait Gallery http://utopia.utexas.edu/project/portraits/ (historical figures)
 * Pics4Learning http://pics.tech4learning.com/index.php
 * University of Cambridge List of Freely Available Images Links http://www.caret.cam.ac.uk/copyright/Page75.html

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