Bits and Bytes

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Music and Sound

• Jamendo: a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses
• Mobymusic
• MobyGratis
• FreeSound
• Dewey Music
• homezero Copyleft released works of art, WEB RADIO.
• Opsound Copyright friendly sound “Listeners are invited to download, share, remix, and reimagine.” click on genres
• Open Music Search Find Copyleft, Creative Commons, Open Source, and Public Domain works.
• ccMixter : creative commons music
• Free Sound Effects and Loops – Free sound effects and music loops .wav files for download
• Creative Commons Audio
• Podsafe Audio: Creative Commons music
• Royalty-FreeMusic.com
• ArtistServer.comOver 7,000 free audio files
• Free-Loops.com Sound effects, vocal loops, drum loops, more
• SoundDogs.com
• Free Music Archive
• Soungle.com – Royalty Free Sound Effects (FX) Library for Download
• NewGrounds Audio
• AudioFarm
• FreeProductionTracks
• Magnatune
• Simuze
• BeatPick
• CASH Music
• SectionZ
• Opsound
• PACDV (sound effects)
• Jamglue
• Splice
• Internet Archive’s Netlabels Collection
• Sonnyboo
• Soundclick
• Jamglue.com Mix tracks, sound effects
• TribeOfNoise.com Social networking among independent artists uploading their music under Creative Commons 3.0 by-share alike license
• Freesound.org Sound samples licensed under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License
• Musopen! Online library of public domain music
• Shambles: Sound Effects and Music Comprehensive portal collection by Chris Smith
• SpinXpress
• Adam Curry’s Podsafe Music Network
• Educational CyberPlayGround: Get Music Downloads Links to portals and useful guidance
• Open Source Audio from the Internet Archive
• SoundSnap
• Public Domain 4U (lots of blues)
• Incompetech Royalty Free Music
• Mutopia (public domain sheet music)
• Owl Music Search includes many Creative Commons songs
• Purple Planet Music (Royalty free music)
• Find Sounds Search engine for sounds
• Partners in Rhyme: Free Sound Effects
• Partners in Rhyme: Free Music Loops
• Partners in Rhyme: Free Midi Files
• Soundzabound Music Library
• Classic Cat (classical music)
• eClassical.com
• WavList.com
• SoundsaboundMusic Library>
• Royalty Free Music Downloads
• ProjectPlaylist
• Free Sounds Digital Audio Tools, Sound Sample Collections, Open Music Resources
• RoyaltyFreeMusic
• Opensonics Open Music Community News & Copyleft Media Resources
• Wikimedia Commons Sound
• Wikimedia Commons Music

• Internet Moving Images Archive (read Conditions of Use)