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Public Domain Collection
A curated list of works in the public domain, allowing access to copyright-free resources for creative and intellectual projects.
Curated list of all things public domain
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Awesome Uncopyright / Art | |||
| #NEWPALMYRA | Reconstruction of the ancient Palmyra city in virtual space | ||
| BlendSwap: CC0 search | Quality CC0 3D models (not only) for Blender | ||
| David Reed Smith | Making tatting shuttles and drop spindles, and occasionally writing articles for fun | ||
| DesignerCandies | High quality graphic design resources for use in design projects | ||
| dotcolon | CC0 fonts | ||
| Every Shirt Is Political | Shirts that are ethically made, hand-printed, and pay what you can priced | ||
| FreeMusicArchive: CC0 search | Many CC0 songs | ||
| Freesound: CC0 search | Thousands of CC0 sound effects and recordings | ||
| Gwenn Seemel | French-American artist, painter, portraitist | ||
| HDRI Haven | High-resolution HDR panoramas under CC0 | ||
| Kenney | High-quality game art under CC0 | ||
| Michael Beil | Supporting the web. Developing. Playing music | ||
| Martin Vorel | Photographer releasing his very high quality photos under CC0 | ||
| Opengameart: CC0 search | Huge number of CC0 game art | ||
| PublicDomainFlix | Watch public domain movies online | ||
| Samuel Killermann | Multi-disciplinary artist who puts his gifts to work to achieve global justice | ||
| 3DModelsCC0 | Library of public domain 3D models | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Articles | |||
| Placing Documents into the Public Domain | Legal details of this process | ||
| Opposition to Copyright | Wikipedia article discussing opposition to copyright | ||
| Using CC0 for Public Domain Software | Drawbacks of using CC0 to license computer programs | ||
| Why I Release Things into the Public Domain | Brief history of copyright law and how it has evolved to harm society instead of help it | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Blogs | |||
| ARIHERZOG | Posts on digital and political topics, as well as minimalism | ||
| Awesci | Entertaining articles mixed with scientific information | ||
| Billy Shih | Blog of a web developer at Full Circle | ||
| Char Bit | Writings about JavaScript from a full stack developer with 20 years of experience | ||
| Eclipsophile | All about solar eclipses | ||
| ExpandBeyondYourself | How to transform your life via personal growth and progress | ||
| FibroHaven | Creating a community of compassion, understanding, and healing for those with chronic illness | ||
| Go Beyond | Blog without a tagline | ||
| gr0wing.com | Personal and global change | ||
| Healthy Enough | Helping you become as fit and healthy as possible | ||
| HoboDrifter | Posts from a former world traveler | ||
| How To Be Kind | Kind words for a kinder world | ||
| Jay Tarlecki | Personal website of Jay Tarlecki | ||
| Melissa Miko | American writer, thinker, and entrepreneur | ||
| mnmlist | Less is the answer | ||
| Public Domain Review | Professional quality reviews of works in the public domain | ||
| Puro compás | Tango music and dancing | ||
| Referee Mindset | Helping referees develop skills to be the best they can be | ||
| Ryan Boren | Lead developer of WordPress at Automattic | ||
| Serendipity Journal | Journal of experiences with growth and faith from a Christian perspective | ||
| Simple Tech Tutorials | Computer tutorials with a focus on simplicity | ||
| Steve Pavlina | How we can deliberately invite, process, and integrate new experiences | ||
| Zen Habits | Finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Books | |||
| comicbookplus | Read old PD comics online | ||
| Cost of Freedom | On the dream for a free culture | ||
| LibriVox | Audiobooks read by volunteers | ||
| Project Gutenberg | Thousands of ebooks mostly in the public domain, in a variety of formats | ||
| Standard Ebooks | Hundreds of classics, beautifully formatted and typeset | ||
| Wikisource: PD search | Thousands of PD books and texts | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Essays | |||
| Abandoning Copyright: A Blessing for Artists, Art, and Society | Discussion of how concentration of power is undesirable in every industry but particularly detrimental in the cultural field | ||
| The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World | |||
| Who's Afraid of the Public Domain? | Breaking down five common assumptions about creative individuals | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Images | |||
| CopyrightFreePhotos.com | Galleries of photos, each with their own theme | ||
| Foodiesfeed | A place to upload and find images of food without any copyright restriction | ||
| Internet Archive: PD search | A huge amount of PD works | ||
| LibreStock | Search all public domain stock photo websites at once | ||
| MyStockPhotos | A collection of images dedicated to the public domain through CC0 | ||
| NegativeSpace | A repository of CC0 images | ||
| Openclipart | High quality, easy to use clip art | ||
| Pixabay | Old images on - , as they are released under the (among other things, ). Pixabay switched to the new license . Prior to that change, Pixabay used the . Therefore, old images are , despite being with the Pixabay License. Before using an image, check what the state of the was at that point in time | ||
| Public Icons | Collection of free icons | ||
| PxHere | To find and upload CC0 images | ||
| Rijksstudio | Rijksmuseum digitised and made available public domain works from several artists including Rembrandt, Vermeer, and others | ||
| Skitterphoto | A place to upload and find CC0 images | ||
| SpaceX media | SpaceX media lists its images as being in the public domain. Even on , it uses a CC-BY-NC license. However, old images (from to ) had indeed been placed into the public domain and have no copyright restriction (including some images on ) | ||
| StockSnap | Stock photography without any copyright restrictions | ||
| Unsplash | Old images on . Unsplash uses CC0, so new images are not in the public domain (but all images released before the license change still are) | ||
| Wikimedia Commons: PD search | Millions of PD media (images, videos, sounds, ...) | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Licenses | |||
| CC0 1.0 Universal | Full text and explanation of CC0 at Choose a License | ||
| Unlicense | Template for disclaiming copyright monopoly interest in software you have written | ||
| WTFPL | PD-equivalent license (not actually public domain) | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Organizations | |||
| IndieWeb | People-focused alternative to the "corporate web", movement that provides advocacy and education to domain owners | ||
| QuestionCopyright.org | Nonprofit organization that provides advocacy and education to help cultural producers embrace open distribution | ||
| Communia | Nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that expand the public domain and increase access to and re-use of culture and knowledge | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Related | |||
| Creative Commons | Organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share | ||
| Open Knowledge International | Organization whose mission is for everyone to have access to key information and the ability to use it freely | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Resources | |||
| Anti-Copyright | Describes how intellectual property is not the same as material property | ||
| Anti-Copyright Resources | Large list of essays against copyright | ||
| Creative Commons CC0 | About the CC0 public domain dedication | ||
| Kopimi | Symbol showing that you want a work to be copied | ||
| Lively Days | Vegan recipes | ||
| The Safe Zone Project | Online resource for creating powerful, effective LGBTQ awareness and ally training workshops | ||
| Uncopyright: All Rights Released | Hub for the uncopyright movement, with lists of works, questions, answers, and other information | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Software | |||
| CanvasPaint | Clone of Microsoft Paint in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript | ||
| Kakoune | 10,024 | almost 2 years ago | Text editor inspired by Vim that features multiple selections, a client-server window architecture, and primitives for text manipulation |
| Libregamewiki: PD Games | Completely PD games | ||
| Luapower | Deploying and sharing Lua modules with a unique philosophy | ||
| single_file_libs | 9,035 | over 2 years ago | Many small PD libraries for programmers to use |
| SQLite | Embedded SQL database engine | ||
| Wikipedia: PD software | List of PD software on Wikipedia | ||
| youtube-dl | Command line program to download videos from YouTube and other video sites | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Talks | |||
| Laws That Choke Creativity | Lawrence Lessig presents an argument for reviving our creative culture | ||
Awesome Uncopyright / Other | |||
| WikiData | Huge amount of data about the world, released under CC0 | ||
| The Pig and the Box | Children book about the dangers of DRM, later released under CC0 (CC-BY-NC-SA no longer applies) | ||
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