Media Archives: Royalty Free and CC Resources by Cavan McLaughlin

Creative Commons Licensing Guide

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:39 UTC

A comprehensive introduction to Creative Commons licenses, explaining the different types and how they work. Essential reading for understanding the legal framework behind royalty-free media.

Understanding Fair Use and Public Domain

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:41 UTC

Clear explanation of fair use principles and public domain materials, helping students navigate copyright law in digital media contexts.

Copyright Basics for Digital Media

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:43 UTC

Official UK government guide to copyright law as it applies to digital media, photographs, and creative works.

Wikimedia Commons User Guide

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:44 UTC

Tutorial on navigating and using Wikimedia Commons, one of the world's largest repositories of freely usable media files.

Internet Archive Collection Overview

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:46 UTC

Introduction to the Internet Archive's vast collections of books, movies, music, and other cultural artifacts available for free use.

Unsplash for Educational Use

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:47 UTC

Guide to using Unsplash's high-quality photography collection for educational purposes, including proper attribution practices.

Digital Asset Management for Educators

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:50 UTC

Best practices for organizing, storing, and managing digital media collections in educational settings.

Metadata Standards for Media Archives

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:51 UTC

Introduction to metadata standards used in digital archives, essential for understanding how media is catalogued and discovered.

Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:53 UTC

Guide to finding and using open educational resources, including media materials that can be freely used and modified.

Attribution Best Practices Guide

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:55 UTC

Practical guide on how to properly attribute Creative Commons licensed works, with examples and templates.

Free Media Search Tools Comparison

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:56 UTC

Comparative analysis of different search engines and tools for finding royalty-free media, including their strengths and limitations.

Building Your Own Media Archive

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:38:58 UTC

Step-by-step guide for creating and maintaining a personal or institutional collection of royalty-free media resources.

Adobe Creative Suite Stock Media

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:42:41 UTC

Through your Creative Suite account you have access to many free videos and images in the Adobe Stock Archives

The Internet Archive

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:45:46 UTC

Pond5 Stock Video and Royalty Free Music

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:47:11 UTC

You need an account even if it’s a free download but don’t have to enter payment details

Library of Congress: Digital Collections

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:48:16 UTC

National Park Service: Multimedia Search

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:51:04 UTC

Multimedia credited to NPS without any copyright symbol are public domain

Wikimedia.org

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:53:39 UTC

Database of public domain and creative commons media.

The Freesound Project

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:55:54 UTC

A huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, and all sorts of bleeps, ... released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse.

ccMixter

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:57:23 UTC

A community of sharing and open music (on Creative Commons licenses). Explore remixes, samples and pells.

Free Music Archive

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:57:59 UTC

Openverse

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:58:54 UTC

A tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.

Pixabay

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 07:59:54 UTC

Royalty-free images & royalty-free video stock.

The Public Domain Review

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 12:43:05 UTC

An online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of works now fallen into the public domain, that vast commons of out-of-copyright material that everyone is free to enjoy, share, and build upon without restriction.

Videezy

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 12:43:56 UTC

Some useful free stock footage.

Mixkit

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 12:44:26 UTC

Pexels

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 12:46:20 UTC

free stock photos, royalty free images & videos shared by creators.

Flickr

cavanmclaughlin3 — 2025-10-20 12:49:46 UTC

Millions of photographs downloadable and shared under CC licenses Visit Flickr Here