Presentation resources
These resources are copyright-friendly which makes it easy to avoid copyright infringement.
Check the licence information for each resource so you understand how you can re-use it in your presentation.
Creative Commons & Public Domain images
- ABC Open Archives
These materials are provided by the Australian Broadcasting Commission under a CC licence for personal, non-commercial use only. - The British Library Photo StreamThe British Library’s collections on Flickr Commons offer access to millions of public domain images.
- Creative Commons - Openverse
Explore the more than 700 million free Openverse items that include free stock photos, images, and audio. - Getty Museum CollectionAccess more than 88,000 works under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) and are in the Public Domain (PD). Reproductions of material from this site must remain in the Public Domain, i.e., no new copyright should arise over the digitised 'twin' of an image.
- Google Images
How to find Creative Commons images on Google: 1. Enter your topic search. 2. Use Tools > Usage Rights > Creative Commons. - The Met Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides Open Access images of artworks, believed to be in the public domain, available under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) licence. - NASANASA has a large collection of current and historical astronomy related images to browse through. The images are generally not copyrighted and are available for educational and informational use. The images are all high resolution and file sizes can be quite large so images may need to be resized for use.
- New York Public Library
This public domain collection includes the New York City collection, historic maps, botanical illustrations, unique manuscripts, photographs, ancient religious texts, and more. - OpenClipArt
OpenClipArt images are in the public domain. - Open Photo
A moderated photo community with thousands of Creative Commons licensed photos in various categories. - Paris Musees
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Paris Musées offers Open Content (free and unrestricted availability) to more than 150,000 digital reproductions of works from the collections of the museums of the City of Paris in high definition. - Pexels
All photos and videos on Pexels are free to use.
Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the photographer or Pexels is not necessary but always appreciated. - The Public Domain Review
The majority of images are in the public domain or under an open license globally. However, some works may not be so in all jurisdictions. - Smithsonian Open Access
Share and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centres, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo. - Unsplash
Unsplash photos are licensed under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) which means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos for free, including commercial purposes, without asking permission from or providing attribution to the photographer or Unsplash. Be aware that photos from other sources may be visible on the page which are licensed differently. - Getty Museum CollectionAccess more than 88,000 works under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) and are in the Public Domain (PD). Reproductions of material from this site must remain in the Public Domain, i.e., no new copyright should arise over the digitised 'twin' of an image.
Music resources
There are some music sites which allow downloading and even sharing and re-mashing of music files. Always check out the conditions of use on the website before downloading.
Explore these sites which allow the use of music under licences that authorise free music download and enable the artists to promote their music while protecting their rights.
- ccMixter
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. - digccMixter
Find out why one out of six uploads to digccMixter are used in a YouTube(tm) video, flickr moving image, podcast, compilation album and thousands of other places all over the web.
Use of the music requires attribution. - Free Music ArchiveThis site offers free downloads under Creative Commons and other licences. See the track page to discover what you can and cannot do with each track.
- Freesound
Freesound aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, and all sorts of bleeps, ... released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse.
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