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Wikimedia Commons - Photos and other media files
Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/ is a media repository that is created and
maintained by volunteers. It provides a central repository for freely licensed photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text, video clips, and media of all sorts that are useful for any Wikimedia project.
Wikimedia Commons uses the same wiki-technology as Wikipedia and thus everyone can edit it easily and without advanced technical skills directly in the web browser.
Unlike traditional media repositories Wikimedia Commons is free.
Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as
long the source and the authors are credited and as long you release
your copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. The
Wikimedia Commons database itself and the texts in it are licensed
under the GNU Free Documentation License. The license conditions of each individual media file can be found on their description pages.
Contribute your work
If you're a good photographer don't hesitate to contribute your
valuable images, if you're a good musician or film/theater artist do not hesitate to publish your own records of your performances of free pieces here.
Posted by jdorner
( Nov 19 2008, 10:42:58 AM EST / Jun 08 2006, 01:46:08 PM EDT )
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Hey, John,
I like this Tech Talk Blog, but it needs more plot and character development.
Have a good weekend!
Sandi
Posted by Sandi Sox on June 09, 2006 at 01:11 PM EDT #