public domain search engines
- wordpress.org/openverse
- formerly search.creativecommons.org
- set license filter to
pdm(public domain mark) andcc0(creative commons 0 license)
- a custom google search engine for public domain works
- don't know who built this (possibly appropedia?)
- mostly US government works
- Standard ebooks
- nice ebooks
- openimages.eu
- mostly old dutch newsreels??
- publicdomainreview
- a curated selection of works
"Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government, but the United States Government is not precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise."
Title 17 USC §105, Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works
interesting that the US federal government is incapable of holding copyright. is that true ✅ of other governments?