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<p>A curated list of works in the public domain.</p>
<p>Works in the public domain have no copyright restrictions. This can
be the result of intellectual property rights expiring or being
forfeited. In the case of the latter, authors have used the term
<em>uncopyright</em> to describe their act of relinquishing
copyright.</p>
<h2 id="contents">Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#art">Art</a></li>
<li><a href="#articles">Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="#blogs">Blogs</a></li>
<li><a href="#books">Books</a></li>
<li><a href="#essays">Essays</a></li>
<li><a href="#images">Images</a></li>
<li><a href="#licenses">Licenses</a></li>
<li><a href="#organizations">Organizations</a></li>
<li><a href="#related">Related</a></li>
<li><a href="#resources">Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="#software">Software</a></li>
<li><a href="#talks">Talks</a></li>
<li><a href="#license">License</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="art">Art</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.newpalmyra.org/">#NEWPALMYRA</a> -
Reconstruction of the ancient Palmyra city in virtual space.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.blendswap.com/blends/search?keywords=+&amp;is_fan_art=1&amp;blend_license=CC-0&amp;render_engine=&amp;sort=downloads&amp;direction=desc">BlendSwap:
CC0 search</a> - Quality CC0 3D models (not only) for Blender.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.davidreedsmith.com/UncopyrightNotice.htm">David
Reed Smith</a> - Making tatting shuttles and drop spindles, and
occasionally writing articles for fun.</li>
<li><a
href="http://designercandies.net/uncopyright/">DesignerCandies</a> -
High quality graphic design resources for use in design projects.</li>
<li><a href="http://dotcolon.net/">dotcolon</a> - CC0 fonts.</li>
<li><a href="https://everyshirtispolitical.com/">Every Shirt Is
Political</a> - Shirts that are ethically made, hand-printed, and pay
what you can priced.</li>
<li><a
href="http://freemusicarchive.org/search/?adv=1&amp;quicksearch=&amp;search-genre=Genres&amp;duration_from=&amp;duration_to=&amp;music-filter-public-domain=1">FreeMusicArchive:
CC0 search</a> - Many CC0 songs.</li>
<li><a
href="https://freesound.org/search/?g=1&amp;q=&amp;f=%20license:%22Creative+Commons+0%22">Freesound:
CC0 search</a> - Thousands of CC0 sound effects and recordings.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gwennseemel.com/index.php/copyright/">Gwenn
Seemel</a> - French-American artist, painter, portraitist.</li>
<li><a href="https://hdrihaven.com/">HDRI Haven</a> - High-resolution
HDR panoramas under CC0.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.kenney.nl/assets">Kenney</a> - High-quality
game art under CC0.</li>
<li><a href="http://michaelbeil.com/uncopyright">Michael Beil</a> -
Supporting the web. Developing. Playing music.</li>
<li><a href="https://libreshot.com/">Martin Vorel</a> - Photographer
releasing his very high quality photos under CC0.</li>
<li><a
href="https://opengameart.org/art-search-advanced?keys=&amp;title=&amp;field_art_tags_tid_op=or&amp;field_art_tags_tid=&amp;name=&amp;field_art_type_tid%5B%5D=9&amp;field_art_type_tid%5B%5D=10&amp;field_art_type_tid%5B%5D=7273&amp;field_art_type_tid%5B%5D=14&amp;field_art_type_tid%5B%5D=12&amp;field_art_type_tid%5B%5D=13&amp;field_art_type_tid%5B%5D=11&amp;field_art_licenses_tid%5B%5D=4&amp;sort_by=count&amp;sort_order=DESC&amp;items_per_page=24&amp;Collection=">Opengameart:
CC0 search</a> - Huge number of CC0 game art.</li>
<li><a
href="http://publicdomainflix.com/index.html">PublicDomainFlix</a> -
Watch public domain movies online.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.samuelkillermann.com/">Samuel Killermann</a> -
Multi-disciplinary artist who puts his gifts to work to achieve global
justice.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.3dmodelscc0.com/">3DModelsCC0</a> - Library of
public domain 3D models.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html">Placing Documents into
the Public Domain</a> - Legal details of this process.</li>
<li><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_copyright">Opposition
to Copyright</a> - Wikipedia article discussing opposition to
copyright.</li>
<li><a
href="https://creativecommons.org/2011/04/15/using-cc0-for-public-domain-software/">Using
CC0 for Public Domain Software</a> - Drawbacks of using CC0 to license
computer programs.</li>
<li><a
href="https://alexcabal.com/why-i-release-things-into-the-public-domain">Why
I Release Things into the Public Domain</a> - Brief history of copyright
law and how it has evolved to harm society instead of help it.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="blogs">Blogs</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ariherzog.com/">ARIHERZOG</a> - Posts on digital and
political topics, as well as minimalism.</li>
<li><a href="http://awesci.com/uncopyright/">Awesci</a> - Entertaining
articles mixed with scientific information.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.billyshih.com/uncopyright/">Billy Shih</a> -
Blog of a web developer at Full Circle.</li>
<li><a href="http://charb.it/uncopyright/">Char Bit</a> - Writings about
JavaScript from a full stack developer with 20 years of experience.</li>
<li><a href="http://eclipsophile.com/">Eclipsophile</a> - All about
solar eclipses.</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.expandbeyondyourself.com/uncopyright/">ExpandBeyondYourself</a>
- How to transform your life via personal growth and progress.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.fibrohaven.com/uncopyright/">FibroHaven</a> -
Creating a community of compassion, understanding, and healing for those
with chronic illness.</li>
<li><a href="http://go-beyond.org/">Go Beyond</a> - Blog without a
tagline.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gr0wing.com/uncopyright/">gr0wing.com</a> -
Personal and global change.</li>
<li><a href="http://healthyenough.net/">Healthy Enough</a> - Helping you
become as fit and healthy as possible.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.hobodrifter.com/uncopyright/">HoboDrifter</a> -
Posts from a former world traveler.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.howtobekind.info/uncopyright/">How To Be
Kind</a> - Kind words for a kinder world.</li>
<li><a href="http://jaytarlecki.com/uncopyright/attribution/">Jay
Tarlecki</a> - Personal website of Jay Tarlecki.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.melissamiko.com/uncopyright/">Melissa Miko</a> -
American writer, thinker, and entrepreneur.</li>
<li><a href="http://mnmlist.com/uncopyright/">mnmlist</a> - Less is the
answer.</li>
<li><a href="http://publicdomainreview.org">Public Domain Review</a> -
Professional quality reviews of works in the public domain.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.stafforini.com/tango/uncopyright/">Puro
compás</a> - Tango music and dancing.</li>
<li><a href="http://refereemindset.com/uncopyright">Referee Mindset</a>
- Helping referees develop skills to be the best they can be.</li>
<li><a href="https://boren.blog/uncopyright/">Ryan Boren</a> - Lead
developer of WordPress at Automattic.</li>
<li><a href="https://dugmugg.wordpress.com/uncopyright/">Serendipity
Journal</a> - Journal of experiences with growth and faith from a
Christian perspective.</li>
<li><a
href="https://simpletechtutorials.blogspot.com/p/uncopyright.html">Simple
Tech Tutorials</a> - Computer tutorials with a focus on simplicity.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/uncopyright-notice/">Steve
Pavlina</a> - How we can deliberately invite, process, and integrate new
experiences.</li>
<li><a href="https://zenhabits.net/uncopyright/">Zen Habits</a> -
Finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="books">Books</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://comicbookplus.com/">comicbookplus</a> - Read old PD
comics online.</li>
<li><a href="http://costoffreedom.cc/">Cost of Freedom</a> - On the
dream for a free culture.</li>
<li><a href="https://librivox.org/">LibriVox</a> - Audiobooks read by
volunteers.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/">Project Gutenberg</a> -
Thousands of ebooks mostly in the public domain, in a variety of
formats.</li>
<li><a href="https://standardebooks.org/">Standard Ebooks</a> - Hundreds
of classics, beautifully formatted and typeset.</li>
<li><a
href="https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22cc-zero%7CPD-old%7CPD-old-70-1923%E2%80%8E%22&amp;title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=advanced&amp;fulltext=1&amp;advancedSearch-current=%7B%22namespaces%22%3A%5B100%2C102%2C106%2C114%2C0%5D%7D&amp;ns100=1&amp;ns102=1&amp;ns106=1&amp;ns114=1&amp;ns0=1">Wikisource:
PD search</a> - Thousands of PD books and texts.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="essays">Essays</h2>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.culturelink.org/news/members/2005/members2005-011.html">Abandoning
Copyright: A Blessing for Artists, Art, and Society</a> - Discussion of
how concentration of power is undesirable in every industry but
particularly detrimental in the cultural field.</li>
<li><a href="https://questioncopyright.org/promise">The Surprising
History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stpeter.im/writings/essays/publicdomain.html">Who’s
Afraid of the Public Domain?</a> - Breaking down five common assumptions
about creative individuals.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="images">Images</h2>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/">CopyrightFreePhotos.com</a> -
Galleries of photos, each with their own theme.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.foodiesfeed.com/license/">Foodiesfeed</a> - A
place to upload and find images of food without any copyright
restriction.</li>
<li><a
href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=possible-copyright-status%3A%28NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT%29%20OR%20licenseurl%3A%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Fpublicdomain%2Fmark%2F1.0%2F%22%29%20OR%20licenseurl%3A%28%22https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Fpublicdomain%2Fzero%2F1.0%2F%22%29">Internet
Archive: PD search</a> - A huge amount of PD works.</li>
<li><a href="http://librestock.com/">LibreStock</a> - Search all public
domain stock photo websites at once.</li>
<li><a href="https://mystock.themeisle.com/license/">MyStockPhotos</a> -
A collection of images dedicated to the public domain through CC0.</li>
<li><a href="https://negativespace.co/license/">NegativeSpace</a> - A
repository of CC0 images.</li>
<li><a href="https://openclipart.org/share">Openclipart</a> - High
quality, easy to use clip art.</li>
<li>Old images on <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190108204845/https://pixabay.com/en/service/terms/">Pixabay</a>
- <strong>New images on Pixabay are <a
href="https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/warning-pixabay-has-changed-the-license-not-compatible-with-cc-or-gpl-anymore">not
in the public domain</a></strong>, as they are released under the <a
href="https://pixabay.com/service/license/">Pixabay License</a> (among
other things, <a
href="https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2019/01/13/pixabay-images-are-not-allowed/">incompatible
with the GPL</a>). Pixabay switched to the new license <a
href="https://pixabay.com/forum/official-pixabay-news-2/the-pixabay-license-7823/">in
2019</a>. Prior to that change, Pixabay used the <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190108204845/https://pixabay.com/en/service/terms/">CC0
waiver</a>. Therefore, old images are <a
href="https://pixabay.com/it/forum/official-pixabay-news-2/the-pixabay-license-7823/?pagi=4">still
in the public domain</a>, despite being <a
href="https://pixabay.com/it/forum/official-pixabay-news-2/the-pixabay-license-7823/?pagi=4">misleadingly
tagged</a> with the Pixabay License. Before using an image, check what
the state of the <a href="https://pixabay.com/service/">terms of
service</a> was at that point in time.</li>
<li><a href="https://publicicons.lllllllllllllllll.com/">Public
Icons</a> - Collection of free icons.</li>
<li><a href="https://pxhere.com/it/license">PxHere</a> - To find and
upload CC0 images.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio">Rijksstudio</a>
- Rijksmuseum digitised and made available public domain works from
several artists including Rembrandt, Vermeer, and others.</li>
<li><a href="https://skitterphoto.com/license">Skitterphoto</a> - A
place to upload and find CC0 images.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.spacex.com/media">SpaceX media</a> - SpaceX
media <strong>no longer</strong> lists its images as being in the public
domain. Even on <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063800/https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/16787988882/">Flickr</a>,
it uses a CC-BY-NC license. However, old images (from <a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20150328140645/http://www.spacex.com/media">here</a>
to <a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20191122175115/https://www.spacex.com/media">here</a>)
had indeed been placed into the public domain and have no copyright
restriction (including some images on <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063800/https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/16787988882/">Flickr</a>).</li>
<li><a href="https://stocksnap.io/license">StockSnap</a> - Stock
photography without any copyright restrictions.</li>
<li>Old images on <a href="https://unsplash.com/">Unsplash</a>. Unsplash
<strong>no longer</strong> uses CC0, so new images are not in the public
domain (but all images released before the license change still
are).</li>
<li><a
href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=filetype%3Aimage+incategory%3A%22cc-zero%7CPD-user%7CCC-PD-Mark%7CPD-Art+%28PD-old%29%7CPD-Art+%28PD-old-100%29%7CPD-Art+%28PD-old+default%29%7CPD-Art+%28PD-old-100-1923%29%7CPD-Art+%28PD-old-70-1923%29%7CLibrary+of+Congress-no+known+copyright+restrictions%7Cpublic+domain%22&amp;title=Special%3ASearch&amp;go=Go">Wikimedia
Commons: PD search</a> - Millions of PD media (images, videos, sounds,
…).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="licenses">Licenses</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://choosealicense.com/licenses/cc0-1.0/">CC0 1.0
Universal</a> - Full text and explanation of CC0 at Choose a
License.</li>
<li><a href="http://unlicense.org/">Unlicense</a> - Template for
disclaiming copyright monopoly interest in software you have
written.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wtfpl.net/">WTFPL</a> - PD-equivalent license
(not actually public domain).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="organizations">Organizations</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://indieweb.org/IndieWebCamp:Copyrights">IndieWeb</a>
- People-focused alternative to the “corporate web”, movement that
provides advocacy and education to domain owners.</li>
<li><a href="http://questioncopyright.org/">QuestionCopyright.org</a> -
Nonprofit organization that provides advocacy and education to help
cultural producers embrace open distribution.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.communia-association.org/">Communia</a> -
Nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that expand the
public domain and increase access to and re-use of culture and
knowledge.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="related">Related</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a> -
Organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available
for others to build upon legally and to share.</li>
<li><a href="https://okfn.org/">Open Knowledge International</a> -
Organization whose mission is for everyone to have access to key
information and the ability to use it freely.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="resources">Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.anticopyright.com/">Anti-Copyright</a> -
Describes how intellectual property is not the same as material
property.</li>
<li><a href="http://praxeology.net/anticopyright.htm">Anti-Copyright
Resources</a> - Large list of essays against copyright.</li>
<li><a
href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/">Creative
Commons CC0</a> - About the CC0 public domain dedication.</li>
<li><a href="http://kopimi.com/">Kopimi</a> - Symbol showing that you
want a work to be copied.</li>
<li><a href="http://livelydays.com/">Lively Days</a> - Vegan
recipes.</li>
<li><a href="https://thesafezoneproject.com/help/uncopyright/">The Safe
Zone Project</a> - Online resource for creating powerful, effective
LGBTQ awareness and ally training workshops.</li>
<li><a href="http://uncopyright.org/">Uncopyright: All Rights
Released</a> - Hub for the uncopyright movement, with lists of works,
questions, answers, and other information.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="software">Software</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://sigilmaster.com/">CanvasPaint</a> - Clone of
Microsoft Paint in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/blob/master/UNLICENSE">Kakoune</a>
- Text editor inspired by Vim that features multiple selections, a
client-server window architecture, and primitives for text
manipulation.</li>
<li><a
href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=possible-copyright-status%3A%28NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT%29%20OR%20licenseurl%3A%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Fpublicdomain%2Fmark%2F1.0%2F%22%29%20OR%20licenseurl%3A%28%22https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Fpublicdomain%2Fzero%2F1.0%2F%22%29">Libregamewiki:
PD Games</a> - Completely PD games.</li>
<li><a href="https://luapower.com/">Luapower</a> - Deploying and sharing
Lua modules with a unique philosophy.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/nothings/single_file_libs">single_file_libs</a>
- Many small PD libraries for programmers to use.</li>
<li><a href="https://sqlite.org/copyright.html">SQLite</a> - Embedded
SQL database engine.</li>
<li><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Public-domain_software_with_source_code">Wikipedia:
PD software</a> - List of PD software on Wikipedia.</li>
<li><a href="https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/about.html">youtube-dl</a>
- Command line program to download videos from YouTube and other video
sites.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="talks">Talks</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q25-S7jzgs">Laws That
Choke Creativity</a> - Lawrence Lessig presents an argument for reviving
our creative culture.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="other">Other</h2>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page">WikiData</a> -
Huge amount of data about the world, released under CC0.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pig_and_the_Box">The Pig
and the Box</a> - Children book about the dangers of DRM, later released
under CC0 (CC-BY-NC-SA no longer applies).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="license">License</h2>
<p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">CC0
1.0</a></p>