Creative Commons allows use of material, including posting on the Internet, with a variety of permission types. Images, sound and other material may be used without any permission, some permission, or direct permission from the creator.
Creative Commons is different from copyrighted material which may not be used on the Internet without permission.
Creative Commons guidelines for use: ALWAYS check the Creative Commons license posted on all material for the type of credit you must give. There are 6 different types of licenses. Follow the guidelines for using each type appropriately.
Confused? View this slide show that explains everything you need to know about Creative Commons. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Sharing_Creative_Works
Practice ethical use of technology. Always cite your source!
Links for Creative Commons, Free and Royalty Free sites for Images, Audio and Sound Effects
Image sites:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page wikimedia pages feature images with creative commons licensing from folks worldwide
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ images with creative commons licensing from folks worldwide
http://www.flickr.com/search/commons/ Flickr search with partner sites including the Smithsonian, Library of Congress and more
http://openphoto.net/ free stock images
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml photos from the US Government available in the public domain, many of which may be used for free
http://search.creativecommons.org/ search here for images and audio
Audio sites:
http://www.soundzabound.com/index.php free MP3 music for educational use
http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_audio Internet Archive of audio
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ resource for royalty free music
http://www.opsound.org/pool/genre/ music resource, this genre page makes it easy to search for appropriate audio
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml free and royalty free sound effects
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