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gnu/memes |
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blue |
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an index of memes, memeables, and pop culture items, under public licenses such as creative commons or in the public domain |
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an index of memes, memeables, and pop culture items, under public licenses such as creative commons or in the public domain
most of the time this doesn't matter because youtube has contracts for most of the world's music and the other companies know better than to sue random memesters for giving them free marketing
but if you're publishing something commercially (or if your teacher insists on properly licensed material for your slideshow) and you wanna put a haha funny in it then this might be helpful
ctrl+f is your friend here
a quick rundown of how the license column works:
pd (public domain) means it's too old for copyright so do Literally Whatever; this may vary depending on your country0 means much the same but applied intentionally, so the work is probably more modernby means credit (e.g. link in the description, maybe a sneaky watermark if in an image); however it also usually means no drm which might be an issue if you're developing for iossa means if you publish edits of it (or things synced to it if music) you have to release them under the same licensend means don't you dare publish edits of itnc means non-commercialid means it's only for individuals (or sometimes co-ops, small businesses, etc), sometimes de facto so by being explicitly informal; sure it kinda goes against the point of the list but not entirely i don't think* means there's a catch because copyright is often not as shrimple as that? means i'm kinda sure but not entirely sure so if you need utter safety then avoid it (and if you have information then tell me)
very lacking as of current; if you have any suggestions then contact is appreciated
see also:
| name |
license |
notes |
| crypton vocaloid illustrations |
by-nc |
specifically: hatsune miku, kagamine rin and len, megurine luka, kaito, and meiko |
| historic tale construction kit |
pd? |
i mean i assume it's public-domain since the source material is, unless cutting characters out of it is copyrightable |
| bluemoji |
by |
aka that one blue smiley with puffed-up cheeks laughing about spreading misinformation on the internet |
| twemoji |
by |
used on twitter and discord; gallery here |
| galaxy brain template recreation |
by |
it says cc0 but it uses cc-by content |
| awesome face |
by-sa |
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| it ain't much but it's honest work |
0 |
us government work; captionless version |
| xkcd |
by-nc |
"there's an xkcd for everything", at least in terms of hard sciences; the categories in explainxkcd might be of use when searching; the "citation needed" comic and a couple others are also available as by or by-sa |
| celeste box art |
by-sa |
cutouts and a few extras here |
| illuminati eye (eye of providence) |
pd |
it's on united states dollars; the popular version was either vectorized or had a threshold filter applied to it |
| studio ghibli screencaps |
id |
"freely within the scope of common sense" (per) |
| freedom planet press kit |
by-sa |
especially freedom planet 2; mostly screenshots, some isolated character art |
| wuffle comics |
0 |
furry comic series running from 2012 to 2017; also on commons |
| the backrooms original photo |
0 |
together with a bunch of others from the same location |
| brother, may i have some oats |
pd |
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| powder that makes you say "yes" |
pd* |
lost copyright in the us because renewal was required back then, countries without the rule of the shorter term still require their own copyright term to pass; added text is assumed too trivial to copyright |
| vaporwave head |
0 |
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| zeepzorp |
0 |
alien cat thing |
| oh yeah woo yeah |
by-sa |
see top right; also known as "groovin'"; license is for svg version, original is likely pd if you can find it |
| old garfield strips |
pd* |
quite controversially so but indeed public-domain in the us due to not using a notice back when that was required; see also the precursor, jon, which includes an old iteration of the "now where could my pipe be" strip |
| google chrome t-rex |
by |
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| epic sax guy |
by-sa |
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| thousand yard stare |
pd |
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| name |
license |
notes |
| music by patricia taxxon |
by-sa |
best known for sd_bbb aka EEEAAAOOO (technically the video must be by-sa too but it's not explicitly stated to be such so eh); you might wanna watch out for samples from copyrighted music (sometimes noted in the lyrics) |
| music by kevin macleod |
by |
there used to be a way to see the most popular songs but it seems to be gone now; "carefree" is the infamous royalty-free ukulele song |
| music by tom lehrer |
0 |
known for e.g. "New Math" |
| tay zonday - chocolate rain |
by-nc-nd |
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| lud and schlatt's musical emporium |
by |
of most interest are the animal crossing and wii shop channel soundalikes (the former now being a whole album) |
| undertale shop theme soundalike |
0* |
it might be that the samples are copyrighted, but if toby fox could get away with yoinking them from the internet then you probably can too |
| mitchie m - freely tomorrow (feat. hatsune miku) |
by* |
technicality because the attribution marking was removed but cc-by is irrevocable |
| ievan polkka |
pd |
not the vocaloid version mind you, just the lyrics and notes, and i'm not aware of any freely-licensed recording (except i guess this by-sa thing) so you might have to make it yourself |
| korobeiniki |
pd* |
also known as the tetris theme, though the rendition used in tetris is distinct enough to be copyrighted; the main motif is also trademarked so you'll have to make it clear you're not affiliated with tetris holding llc; overall it's tricky enough that i had to entirely replace the renditions i had linked before! |
| king gizzard and the lizard wizard - polygondwanaland |
0? |
"This album is FREE. Free as in, free. Free to download and if you wish, free to make copies. Make tapes, make CD’s, make records...We do not own this record. You do. Go forth, share, enjoy." |
| name |
license |
notes |
| the missile knows where it is at all times |
pd |
knowyourmeme says it's from a us air force training video, so assuming it's a government work it'd be public-domain |
| text2speech.org |
0? |
"Female US" is the voice of remote from bfdi:bfb, "Male US" and "Male US (Scottish accent)" were used by e.g. timotainment (the latter is now also the voice of tv in bfdi:tpot); it's theoretically downloadable here but you need to compile it |
| name |
license |
notes |
| i wanna be the guy |
id |
per faq 2.4 |
| friday night funkin' |
id |
per readme: "Little info, you have FULL PERMISSION to stream, letsplay, meme, shitpost, do WHATEVER you want with the game. Use the music in videos you do, use art, ANYTHING. GO CRAZY BRO." |
| touhou |
id |
guidelines |
| glitch |
0 |
defunct; the source content is in adobe flash format, you might prefer svg or png |
| duelyst |
0 |
defunct; assets |
| myhouse.wad |
by* |
intended to be played with the doom 2 asset pack which is proprietary, but it can be substituted for e.g. freedoom which has a permissive license |
| name |
license |
notes |
| typodermic public-domain fonts |
0 |
not really pop culture but i've nowhere else to share these |
| my child star pack |
0 |
2000 anime drawings; booth.pm requires a pixiv account but you can get around it with bugmenot; explicitly allowed to be used for machine learning if you're into that |
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