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How To Find Free and Legal BitTorrent Sites

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 09:48

Free, legally distributed books, movies, and music are just waiting to be discovered online, so it’s a shame that fans aren’t aware of all of the Bittorrenti tracker sites where this content is freely available. By downloading from the sites on this list, you’ll support artists and avoid a copyright infringement lawsuit from the RIAA.

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How to find Creative Commons images on Flickr

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 12:13

Looking to find free images ? Check out Flickr for creative commons images. Here is a screencast on how to navigate Flickr to find CC images !

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Video Editing and Shot Techniques: Study of jump cuts, match cuts and cutaways

Submitted by sal provenzano on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 15:27

New Media Rights' Pete Fuentes teaches the basics of jump cuts, match cuts and cutaways. The video is also an excellent example of fair use, quoting three scenes from famous films to illustrate practical examples. Original creativity, fair use, and creative commons = new creativity.

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Essential Free and Open Source Software Toolkit

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 16:49
A tool kit full of Free or Open Source software
Open source software has gained popularity because of its effectiveness, flexibility, security, and low cost. By adopting an entirely new philosophical approach to software development and user freedom, open source software empowers you, the downstream user not just to use it to perform a task, but to build upon, adapt, and modify it to fit your needs. In this way thousands of developers and users around the world are able to work to improve the software's effectiveness, flexibility, and security. Join the many people around the world using open source software, a way of life that encourages openness, sharing, community, innovation, and discovery.
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How to find free music, images, and video you can use or remix in your own creative works

Submitted by New Media Rights on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 15:21

Sometimes its hard to find music, images, and video that you can freely reuse in your own creative project without fear of attorneys or the FBI showing up at your door. This resource serves as a guide to find works by artists who WANT you to reuse and build upon their work. You can also check out our Creative Commonsi, Fair Use, and copyright guides to learn more about reusing and remixing content.

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How to Make Your Own Cell Phone Ringtones for Free

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:08
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How to Hack Your Cell Phone Using BitPim

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 11:49
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How to Make and Embed Your Own Custom Google Map

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 11/02/2007 - 16:28
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How to Edit Audio: A Beginner's Guide

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 16:19
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How to Browse the Internet Anonymously and Take Control of Your On-Line Identity

Submitted by New Media Rights on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 16:59
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