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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
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 9,978 10 days 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 8,980 10 months 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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