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A curated list of works in the public domain.

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 uncopyright to describe their act of relinquishing copyright.

Art

#NEWPALMYRA

Reconstruction of the ancient Palmyra city in virtual space.

BlendSwap: CC0 search

Quality CC0 3D models (not only) for Blender.

David Reed Smith

Making tatting shuttles and drop spindles, and occasionally writing articles for fun.

DesignerCandies

High quality graphic design resources for use in design projects.

dotcolon

CC0 fonts.

Every Shirt Is Political

Shirts that are ethically made, hand-printed, and pay what you can priced.

FreeMusicArchive: CC0 search

Many CC0 songs.

Freesound: CC0 search

Thousands of CC0 sound effects and recordings.

Gwenn Seemel

French-American artist, painter, portraitist.

HDRI Haven

High-resolution HDR panoramas under CC0.

Kenney

High-quality game art under CC0.

Michael Beil

Supporting the web. Developing. Playing music.

Martin Vorel

Photographer releasing his very high quality photos under CC0.

Opengameart: CC0 search

Huge number of CC0 game art.

PublicDomainFlix

Watch public domain movies online.

Samuel Killermann

Multi-disciplinary artist who puts his gifts to work to achieve global justice.

3DModelsCC0

Library of public domain 3D models.

Articles

Placing Documents into the Public Domain

Legal details of this process.

Opposition to Copyright

Wikipedia article discussing opposition to copyright.

Using CC0 for Public Domain Software

Drawbacks of using CC0 to license computer programs.

Why I Release Things into the Public Domain

Brief history of copyright law and how it has evolved to harm society instead of help it.

Blogs

ARIHERZOG

Posts on digital and political topics, as well as minimalism.

Awesci

Entertaining articles mixed with scientific information.

Billy Shih

Blog of a web developer at Full Circle.

Char Bit

Writings about JavaScript from a full stack developer with 20 years of experience.

Eclipsophile

All about solar eclipses.

ExpandBeyondYourself

How to transform your life via personal growth and progress.

FibroHaven

Creating a community of compassion, understanding, and healing for those with chronic illness.

Go Beyond

Blog without a tagline.

gr0wing.com

Personal and global change.

Healthy Enough

Helping you become as fit and healthy as possible.

HoboDrifter

Posts from a former world traveler.

How To Be Kind

Kind words for a kinder world.

Jay Tarlecki

Personal website of Jay Tarlecki.

Melissa Miko

American writer, thinker, and entrepreneur.

mnmlist

Less is the answer.

Public Domain Review

Professional quality reviews of works in the public domain.

Puro compás

Tango music and dancing.

Referee Mindset

Helping referees develop skills to be the best they can be.

Ryan Boren

Lead developer of WordPress at Automattic.

Serendipity Journal

Journal of experiences with growth and faith from a Christian perspective.

Simple Tech Tutorials

Computer tutorials with a focus on simplicity.

Steve Pavlina

How we can deliberately invite, process, and integrate new experiences.

Zen Habits

Finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives.

Books

comicbookplus

Read old PD comics online.

Cost of Freedom

On the dream for a free culture.

LibriVox

Audiobooks read by volunteers.

Project Gutenberg

Thousands of ebooks mostly in the public domain, in a variety of formats.

Standard Ebooks

Hundreds of classics, beautifully formatted and typeset.

Wikisource: PD search

Thousands of PD books and texts.

Essays

Abandoning Copyright: A Blessing for Artists, Art, and Society

Discussion of how concentration of power is undesirable in every industry but particularly detrimental in the cultural field.

The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World
Who's Afraid of the Public Domain?

Breaking down five common assumptions about creative individuals.

Images

CopyrightFreePhotos.com

Galleries of photos, each with their own theme.

Foodiesfeed

A place to upload and find images of food without any copyright restriction.

Internet Archive: PD search

A huge amount of PD works.

LibreStock

Search all public domain stock photo websites at once.

MyStockPhotos

A collection of images dedicated to the public domain through CC0.

NegativeSpace

A repository of CC0 images.

Openclipart

High quality, easy to use clip art.

Public Icons

Collection of free icons.

PxHere

To find and upload CC0 images.

Rijksstudio

Rijksmuseum digitised and made available public domain works from several artists including Rembrandt, Vermeer, and others.

Skitterphoto

A place to upload and find CC0 images.

SpaceX media

SpaceX media **no longer** lists its images as being in the public domain. Even on [Flickr](https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063800/https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/16787988882/), it uses a CC-BY-NC license. However, old images (from [here](http://web.archive.org/web/20150328140645/http://www.spacex.com/media) to [here](http://web.archive.org/web/20191122175115/https://www.spacex.com/media)) had indeed been placed into the public domain and have no copyright restriction (including some images on [Flickr](https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063800/https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/16787988882/)).

StockSnap

Stock photography without any copyright restrictions.

Wikimedia Commons: PD search

Millions of PD media (images, videos, sounds, ...).

  • Old images on Pixabay - New images on Pixabay are not in the public domain, as they are released under the Pixabay License (among other things, incompatible with the GPL). Pixabay switched to the new license in 2019. Prior to that change, Pixabay used the CC0 waiver. Therefore, old images are still in the public domain, despite being misleadingly tagged with the Pixabay License. Before using an image, check what the state of the terms of service was at that point in time.
  • Old images on Unsplash. Unsplash no longer uses CC0, so new images are not in the public domain (but all images released before the license change still are).

Organizations

IndieWeb

People-focused alternative to the "corporate web", movement that provides advocacy and education to domain owners.

QuestionCopyright.org

Nonprofit organization that provides advocacy and education to help cultural producers embrace open distribution.

Communia

Nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that expand the public domain and increase access to and re-use of culture and knowledge.

Related

Creative Commons

Organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.

Open Knowledge International

Organization whose mission is for everyone to have access to key information and the ability to use it freely.

Resources

Anti-Copyright

Describes how intellectual property is not the same as material property.

Anti-Copyright Resources

Large list of essays against copyright.

Creative Commons CC0

About the CC0 public domain dedication.

Kopimi

Symbol showing that you want a work to be copied.

Lively Days

Vegan recipes.

The Safe Zone Project

Online resource for creating powerful, effective LGBTQ awareness and ally training workshops.

Uncopyright: All Rights Released

Hub for the uncopyright movement, with lists of works, questions, answers, and other information.

Software

CanvasPaint

Clone of Microsoft Paint in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Kakoune

Text editor inspired by Vim that features multiple selections, a client-server window architecture, and primitives for text manipulation.

Libregamewiki: PD Games

Completely PD games.

Luapower

Deploying and sharing Lua modules with a unique philosophy.

single_file_libs

Many small PD libraries for programmers to use.

SQLite

Embedded SQL database engine.

Wikipedia: PD software

List of PD software on Wikipedia.

youtube-dl

Command line program to download videos from YouTube and other video sites.

Talks

Laws That Choke Creativity

Lawrence Lessig presents an argument for reviving our creative culture.

Other

WikiData

Huge amount of data about the world, released under CC0.

The Pig and the Box

Children book about the dangers of DRM, later released under CC0 (CC-BY-NC-SA no longer applies).