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Audio and Video

  • Lets CC searches a variety of sites with Creative Commons licensing.

Audio

  • Jamendo Provides an archive of CC-licensed music that’s available for download via P2P. Jamendo features tags, user reviews and personalized recommendations, so you can easily find new tunes that suit your tastes.
  • ccMixter A music remix site that tracks samples across different artists, all available under sampling licenses so that you too can join in the mix.
  • Magnatune A new music label focused on try-before-you-buy music. Features licensed, downloadable tracks from a wide variety of artists that can also be purchased direct from the site
  • SectionZ An electronic music community that offers Creative Commons-licensed tracks from genres like IDM, drum ‘n’ bass, and ambient.
  • Dmusic The oldest online digital music community, Dmusic offers Creative Commons licenses for artists hosting their music.
  • Opsound Features a pool of Creative Commons licensed audio.
  • SoundClick Thousands of licensed music files are available on this community music hosting service.
  • Freesound A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
  • Vimeo A music store for royalty free music tracks. Personal license for around two bucks.

Video

  • Prelinger Archives has over 1,000 public domain films from the worlds of government and advertising.
  • Open Source Movies at Internet Archive has hundreds of licensed films uploaded by users of the Internet Archive.
  • CandyJar includes video clips put together for VJs by Channel 4 in the UK.
  • Media Converter allows you to convert media video files up to 100MB to different formats. The free version allows you 5 conversions a day.