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Legal unrestricted, or DRM free, digital media sources and rationale (self.general)

submitted 4 weeks ago by ElectroVagrant to c/general

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Likely preaching to the choir with this for many here, but felt like putting together a list of sources and a little explainer of why go out of the way for unrestricted digital media.

A Brief Rationale
Unrestricted digital media stands apart from restricted or streamed digital media in that it's simply more stable and reliable. It's there regardless of if your internet's down or some business agreements change. If you still buy physical media you know what I'm talking about. There's a basic peace of mind and convenience in having a piece of media simply there with you.

Unrestricted digital media provides a similar peace of mind with the added conveniences of being digital.

Some Sources

Contemporary Books

Public Domain Books and Audiobooks

Music

Video-Games

Multimedia

The Internet Archive

Movies/Shows Workaround

DVDs, disc drives, and Handbrake with libdvdcss. 😉

There are undoubtedly many more sources I'm missing, so please add them in the comments!

p.s. legal is only in the title 'cause lemmy world ToS stuff. I have no qualms with sharing, and the gray ways.

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[–] ace_garp 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I keep a list of these at

http://perthfreeculture.org/

(Some links are no longer up, but can be searched and found on other sites. eg. archive.org)

Here are some open media repos.

en.wikipedia.org ( encyclopedia )

en.wikivoyage.org ( travel guide )

foodista.com ( food recipes )

openclipart.org ( clipart images )

gutenberg.net.au ( ebooks )

librivox.org ( audiobooks )

openstreetmap.org ( street maps )

bartvandewoestyne.github.io/osswin ( pc software )

bartvandewoestyne.github.io/osswin/games.html ( pc games )

opensourcemac.org ( mac software )

libregamewiki.org ( libre games )

fontlibrary.org ( fonts )

lifesciencedb.jp/bp3d ( human body )

plosone.org ( peer reviewed scientific journal )

musopen.org ( classical music )

freesound.org ( sounds )

curriki.org ( teaching resources )

wikihow.com ( howto manual )

jamendo.com ( music )

freemusicarchive.org ( music )

openmetalcast.com ( metal music )

mixotic.net ( dj mixes )

vodo.net ( independent movies and documentaries ) [ now archived on archive.org ]

instructables.com ( DIY projects )

thingiverse.com ( 3d printable objects )

And some webcomics:

http://perthfreeculture.org/comics.html

I'm always keen to hear about more resources. Excellent post.

[–] ElectroVagrant 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hell yeah, thanks for sharing more sources!

[–] ace_garp 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Extra resource:

Free Kids Books

https://freekidsbooks.org/license/creative-commons/

Around 600 CC books for children at different levels for ages 2-5, 6-9, and 10-13.

Story, music, maths, and others.