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Copyright and IP Information and Guidance

Jisc Copyright Guide for Students

Jisc IPR Toolkit

Copyrightuser.org

IPO Intellectual Property Office

ual: CreativeIP -  IP guidance for anyone studying in the creative disciplines.

BBC Filmmaking Guide: Answering common filmmaker questions

The Fashion Law blog – a blog covering all things legal and fashion

Fashion Law & Business Blog bridging the gap between fashion, law and business

Artquest Advice, information and opportunities for visual artists

Patsnap Academy: Free online video courses on intellectual property

Free or Licensed Resources

JISC MediaHub

Internet Archive

Project Gutenberg - Copyright Free e-books

Get it Right from a Genuine Site - Lists sites which only host legitimately provided content

MoviesFoundOnline.com - Public domain and Creative Commons films and documentaries

Clip art - MDX Microsoft Licence - Clipart from some internet sites may not be free (check Terms of Use)

Creative Commons Licensed

Includes: Blip TV, YouTube, Europeana,Wikimedia, Google, Flickr,Jamendo,openclipart and more

Google images  Advanced image search - Usage Rights options

Flickr  - Advanced Search - Creative Commons Search

GNU General Public Licence is a free 'copyleft ' licence which permits software or computer programs, codes to be copied, adapted or built upon for free.

Film & Broadcast

JISC Digital Media

Advice on Moving Images

YouTube

almost any video that is available on the internet (beware of pirate material and comments).

Google Video

for a specific video you think may be available but not on YouTube.

iTunes

Films, TV programmes, Trailers, Podcasts

blip.tv

Creative Commons search

MoviesFoundOnline.com

public domain and creative commons films and documentaries

TED

Ideas Worth Sharing - mostly Higher Education level material provided by internationally known and reputable organisations.

BUFVC

(British Universities Film and Video Council) Television, Radio, News and Film archives).

BoB Box of Broadcasts - Off-air broadcast recordings (secure access via myUniHub)                   

Music

mobygratis.com

Free music for non-profit filmmakers

YouTube

hosts genuinely posted videos in addition to pirated versions (take-down policy in place)

Jamendo

content is under one of the Creative Commons licences

Spotify

legitimate hosting site (free registration and software download required)

Naxos

Music Library (classical & Jazz) login via LSS - E-Resources - Databases

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