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48:064: Alternative Forms
September 21, 2006

Copyright, Fair Use, and Legal Media

Terms:  Fair Use, public domain, copyright, copyleft, podsafe, satire vs. parody

Public Domain and Open Source Video
 
The Prelinger Archives
http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
2,000 of classic films, TV commercials, educational films and more, downloadable as high-quality MPEG-2 and MP4s
Eyespot
http://www.eyespot.com
Random collections of video—from new movie trailers to classic films to personal videos—can be downloaded from this site (account required)
Blip.tv
http://blip.tv
Click on “view” from the main site, and you can use the advanced search options to search content by license
Public Domain Comedy Heaven
http://www.pdcomedy.com/
Classic films and TV shows free to download
 
Public Domain and Open Source Sound and Music
 
PodSafe Music Network
http://music.podshow.com/
All kinds of high quality and new music made available specifically for podcasters (account required)
ccMixter
http://ccmixter.org/
A project of Creative Commons that makes available songs, remixes, and music samples for downloading, all based on CC licenses.
FindSounds
http://findsounds.com
Sound search engine—find sounds and sound effects from all over the web.

BeatPick
http://www.beatpick.com/
Free music from emerging artists for non-commercial purposes, all CC-licensed.
The Freesound Project
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
All kinds of sounds (not music) available for sampling, per CC licenses.
 
Optional reading

Podcasting Legal Guide
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide

“Fair Use in the Digital Age” at Ourmedia.org
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/253058