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Free Online Sources of Media
To help get you going on your mediascape you'll need some audio, images, or videos. You can just grab things off the web, but you should check the licence terms of anything you use - for instance just taking an image off Google Images will almost certainly be breaking someone's copyright terms.
However, there are quite a few places on the web that offers up media files that are both free to download and free of copyright restrictions (this is particularly true if you are using the content for non-commercial projects).
Some of our favourites are listed here..
- The FreeSound Project - A great site for audio, many hundreds of thousands of sounds, both from real-world and electronic sources.
- SoundSnap.com - Another great source, this is particularly good for sound effects.
- FlashKit.com - A site that is aimed at users of Adobe Flash, but the media available here can be used for mediascapes too. They have a great selection of background music that you can use to add atmosphere to your mediascape as well as a selection of flash-based animations and sound FX. Note: You need to be careful with the licensing terms of the media on this site, authors often specify their own licence restrictions in the description of the media file.
- Flickr - An old favourite. There are many free images on here, but again, check the terms before you use an image.
- creativecommons.org - A portal for all things creative-commons.
