Free Media Sources

Looking for images, sounds, or videos to use in your Inspiration Lab project? Search for works without copyright restrictions (sometimes called "public domain") or with licenses that permit reuse and/or modification (you may have heard of "Creative Commons" licensing).

Sometimes, individual files on a website will each have different use restrictions. If you intend to share or modify someone else's work, or if you plan to use your final project commercially (ex. for profit) be sure to check for restrictions. Sometimes you will find these restrictions at the individual item level; sometimes at the website level. When in doubt, contact the copyright holder directly to ask permission.

Copyright Law:

• Creative Commons Licensing
• The Copyright Modernization Act

Free Media Sources:

• Archive.org Community Audio - Public domain music and spoken word.
• Creative Commons Search - Search media sites across the internet for content made available for free reuse.
• The Flickr Commons - The key goal of The Commons is to share hidden treasures from the world's public photography archives.
• FreeSound - Public domain sound effects.
• Free Music Archive - Creative Commons and Public Domain music.
• Pixabay - Free, downloadable music, videos, and sound effects as well as stock photos.
• Unsplash - The internet’s source of freely-usable images. Powered by creators everywhere.
• Wikimedia Commons - Images, sound, and video available for free reuse.