European Space Agency just gave away a bunch of space media for use

Quick — think about the planet you live on. What does Earth look like from above? Probably, some very clear imagery just popped into your head – iconic Apollo-era photography, or perhaps the more contemporary view of the planet from the orbit of the International Space Station. But our generations – ours, our parents’ and […]

NASA Posts a Huge Library of Space Sounds, And You’re Free To Use Them

Space is the place. Again. And SoundCloud is now a place you can find sounds from the US government space agency, NASA. In addition to the requisite vocal clips (“Houston, we’ve had a problem” and “The Eagle has landed”), you get a lot more. There are rocket sounds, the chirps of satellites and equipment, lightning […]

- October 22, 2014

PBS Open Content: Remix That Documentary, Creative Commons-Style

Stock footage has long been a VJ cliché, and remixes in and of themselves aren’t always meaningful. But in the right hands – just as in audio sampling – sampled content can take on new life. It might even find an unrecognizable form. And with publicly-funded documentaries, why not give the actual content back to […]

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2009

Fair Use, Public Domain, Creative Commons Explained in Videos, Tool

Peter Kirn - July 22, 2008

Before NASA: Real First-Ever 3D Images?

Peter Kirn - April 26, 2007

Staring at the Sun, Now in 3D

Peter Kirn - April 23, 2007

OpenFlix: Public Domain Movies, and VJ Pillage Storehouse

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2007

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