Finding Creative Commons Content

Need music for your next project? The FMA has a huge library of openly licensed audio.

Videvo includes "thousands of free stock videos, motion graphics, music tracks and sound effects, all in one place." Some content is premium. You can filter to free and open content. For audio, select 'free clips' from the 'show all clips' drop down menu. Some content may require attribution, so check the licensing and usage information for the audio you plan to use.

Many bands make their music open by providing a creative commons license. Bandcamp doesn't have a perfect way to find these bands, but the creative commons tag (this link) or searching the term "creative commons" will provide many options.

Creative Commons has a Soundcloud channel with many options.

Choose from thousands of songs and type of license (attribution required or not required). Add to your YouTube video after upload or view the library (this link) to download and use in various projects.

"We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free." Login required for downloads.

"SoundBible.com offers thousands of free sound effects, sound clips, and straight up sounds." Various CC licenses

Videvo includes "thousands of free stock videos, motion graphics, music tracks and sound effects, all in one place." Some content is premium. You can filter to free and open content. For audio, select 'free clips' from the 'show all clips' drop down menu. Some content may require attribution, so check the licensing and usage information for the audio you plan to use.

"Freesound aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, ... released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse." Login required for download.

"This is a community music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under Creative Commons licenses." Useful for creating music. Login required.