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“Content is King!” - how many times have we heard that? There’s good reason, though. The Internet revolves around content. Whether you’re creating a sales page, website, or info-product, good content is key.

One of the biggest issues for content is copyright.

The following is from a post I did on John Reese’s Traffic Secrets 2 forum:

“Creative Commons” is a licensing structure that allows you to use content without traditionial copyright restrictions.

There are a few different Creative Commons licenses. Some allow use for commercial purposes. It’s important to understand the particular Creative Commons license assigned before using the content.

Here you can use Creative Commons content including photographs, music, text, and more - without having to pay or ask permission.

Search Creative Commons

Creative Commons Content Directories

Here are some additional Creative Commons sources from Mashable:

Additional Searches

Archive.org - Known mainly for their “Wayback Machine” as a means for seeing old pages on the net, they have also collected together a huge collection of free-to-use recordings and texts.

Freebase.com - A community powered search engine to search the web for CC licensed work for you to use.

Google Advanced Search - Google gives you the option to include forms of licensing in your search.

Wikimedia Commons - The central clearing area for the Wikimedia projects CC files.

Yahoo Creative Commons Search - Yahoo allows you to search the entire web for what you need based on the licenses attached to the content.

Images

DeviantArt.com - A site for artists to display their works. Some are nice enough to license under CC for your use.

EveryStockPhoto.com - Indexes over 1.4 million Creative Commons photos for your use.

Flickr Creative Commons search - Search Flickr Flickr for all the derivatives of the Creative Commons licensing.

OpenClipArt.org - An archive of free-to-use clipart numbering around 11,000 pieces.

PhotoEverywhere.co.uk - A travel & tourism photo site offering stock photography for everyone’s use.

TakeIdeas.com - Share your photos, or find ones that inspire you.

Yotophoto.com - (currently “under construction”) Indexes photos in the public domain and free-to-use licenses.

Audio

TheFreeSoundProject - A huge collection of CC licensed sound effects files.

ccMixter.org - A site to try your hand at mixing and mashing music that is all offered under the CC.

PodShow.com - A site filling your MP3 player with Creative Commons licensed music, that allows you to discover old and new music alike.

Texts

IntraText.com - A site featuring thousands of texts from 900 B.C. to this decade. Most works are under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

UnearthTravel.com - Read travel guides about your favorite destinations.

Videos

Blip.tv - Allows video makers to assign multiple types of licenses to their content, users can search on each type.

Lulu.TV - A CC license site with embeddable videos

OurMedia.org - A video specific service run by archive.org, allowing users to host their videos under the Creative Commons license.

Revver.com - A video upload site very like YouTube YouTube , but all content defaults to the Creative Commons license.

SpinXpress.com - Share your video, audio, and images through various versions of the CC license.