Copyright and Copyleft

Copy"Left" - Royalty Free - Public Domain - Creative Commons

These sites contain media available for use by anyone. Anything you didn't create yourself should always be cited appropriately. At younger grade levels, a class citation list or the like is sufficient. Visit Citation Maker to easily create bibliographies. Have conversations with students at all grade levels about the importance of asking the author's permission and citing intellectual property. Set a good example.

This site was posted and is maintained to help you with resources containing images that are both public domain and royalty free. This means, in many cases, you and your students may use these resources without explicit permission but proper credit should be given to the originator. Make sure you check each site's policy and then each piece of media subsequently for the desires of the author. Use media as a starting point for conversations around good digital citizenship. This is one of the 21st century's most important skills.

Resources on Copyright and Fair Use for Educators

A document about fair use and copyright for educators.

The Center for Social Media

Leslie Wilson on Copyright

Cathy Newsome on Copyright in the Classroom

**Shortcuts to Different Media Types**
Sounds and Sound Effects including Loops	Digtial Images	Clip Art	Movies and Clips	Textbooks and Open Curricula

Sounds and Sound Effects

SoundzAbound	Magnatune- clip out the last part or you'll get a snippet at the end that says, "This was created in Magnatune!"	Musopen- classical, public domain music
WikiCommons	Wav-Sounds.com- Free WAV sound files	WavPlanet.com- This sound archive site, which has been around since 1999, serves up thousands of free sound files. Here, you'll find WAV and MIDI files from cinema and TV, as well as sound effects and files uploaded by users.
MovieWavs.com- Sound clips from cinema and TV in WAV and MP3 format	FreeAcidLoops.net- Free WAV samples and loops, suitable for use with ACID (Sonic Foundry's music creation tool). FreeAcidLoops.net also offers other free resources for electronic and techno musicians.	The Daily WAV- Sound files from cinema, TV and commercials
SoundSnap- Find and share free sound effects and loops	Pac DV	Creative Commons
http://music.podshow.com/	CCMixter- some created clips may not be appropriate for school (as with everything on the internet) warn your students; enforce your policy	FreeSoundProject
OpSound	PenMachine Podcast	The Internet Archive
iStock Photo	Getty Images	Jamendo

Digital images

WikiCommons	Stock.xchng	Shutterstock	Every Stock Photo	CompFight	Veezzle	Yale Digital Commons	Photo Gen
NBII- science images	Creative Commons	DefenseLINK Files are in the public domain unless otherwise indicated. Credit the photographer/videographer as indicated or simply "Department of Defense."	Morguefile - free high-resolution digital stock photographs and reference images for either corporate or public use.	Pics4Learning - Royalty Free images for education. Contributed by teachers, students and amateur photographers. Many subject areas!	Photoshop For Video - Come search for > "free" images at various government agency sites. Several websites > offer images that are either public domain or have very generous usage > rights. Military pictures are available	EASE- Hundreds of historical videos and photographs are currently available	Free Range
Government Photo Archive	http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml	GIMP- Images and photos found in this archive come from three main sources: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)	Free Photos- The comprehensive collection of free photos is free to private non-commercial users and for sale to other users.	Flickr- online photo management and sharing application	iStock Photo	Fotolia	Free Stock Photos - read the copyright terms of service and use!
Getty Images	Woophy	Free Foto	Free Digital Photos	Nations Illustrated	Kave Wall	Image After	PhotoPin
Free Photos Bank