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Video explains fair use for video

Great post on Creative Commons. This should answer all your questions re: using CC material on your blog

A Creative Commons-based search search engine of search engines.

A Creative Commons Search Engine

Website with Copyright-Free images and other media files.

Creative common image site.

Find images for comps, inspiration or research.

interesting photo search tool.

About Licenses- License Conditions- Creators choose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their work.

An excellent article

Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.

The PLUS Coalition is an international non-profit initiative on a mission to simplify and facilitate the communication and management of image rights. Organized by respected associations, leading companies, standards bodies, scholars and industry experts, the PLUS Coalition exists for the benefit of all communities involved in creating, distributing, using and preserving images. Spanning more than thirty countries, these diverse stakeholders have collaborated to develop PLUS, a system of standards that makes it easier to communicate, understand and manage image rights in all countries. The PLUS Coalition exists at the crossroads between technology, commerce, the arts, preservation and education.

An alternative to creative commons licensing?

Walking on Eggshells" is a 24-minute documentary about appropriation, creative influence, re-use and intellectual property in the remix age. It is a conversation among various musicians, visual artists, writers and lawyers, all sharing their views on why and how we use and create culture, and how intellectual property law, originally designed to provide people with incentives to create, sometimes hinders creative production far more than it enhances it.