A couple of the (music) artists I follow on Patreon give you access to mp3's. That's like...exactly where I want the money to go (the artist) and what I want in return (a file I "own").
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Good call! I don't do much with Patreon so it hadn't come to mind.
Discovered a couple of them through YouTube and landed on their Patreon pages. One has almost the exact same taste in music as I do and grew up on, but he covers them in Spanish insanely well. Worth a couple dollars a month for sure.
Movies/Shows Workaround
- DVDs, disc drives, and Handbrake with libdvdcss. π
It is worth mentioning to those who are concerned about the legality of format shifting your media you are free and clear to do so - on any media up through DVD. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, Bluray rips are a "legal" nono ... or at very least a gray area. It is unquestionably corpo-bullshit but something you should be aware of.
p.s. legal is only in the title 'cause lemmy world ToS stuff. I have no qualms with sharing, and the gray ways.
Aye, if you arr dabbling in the gray ways it's best to find a weathered sea dog who can help you chart a safe course.
I keep a list of these at
(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.
Hell yeah, thanks for sharing more sources!
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.