Free and Legal Media for Downloading and Streaming

Free Movies & Films

2009-06-18T15:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.freemoviesandfilms.com/

Collocates movies and television shows that are freely and legally available on the web for streaming. Can be organized by Last Added, Top Rated, and Most Viewed.

Archival Sound Recordings

2009-06-18T15:42:00.000-07:00

http://sounds.bl.uk/

The Archival Sound Recordings of the British Library service is the result of a development project to increase access to the Sound Archive's extensive collections. When complete, it will make 8,000 hours of digitized audio freely available.

Frontera Collection

2009-06-18T15:20:00.000-07:00

http://frontera.library.ucla.edu/

The Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection of commercially produced Mexican and Mexican-American recordings (the Frontera Collection) is the largest repository of Mexican and Mexican-American vernacular recordings in existence. With funding from Los Tigres del Norte Foundation the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center has sponsored the digitization of the first section of the collection by the Arhoolie Foundation.

Song samples available for streaming.

PBS Video

2009-06-18T15:12:00.000-07:00

http://www.pbs.org/video

On PBS Video, award-winning national programming and locally produced shows are just a click away. Watch your favorite shows and catch the episodes you may have missed, all on your schedule. PBS Video content is brought to you through on–demand streaming. All you need is the latest version of Flash and a reliable Internet connection, and you’ll be able to enjoy hundreds of hours of content. And best of all–it's free!

Contemporary World Music

2009-06-18T14:23:00.000-07:00

http://womu.alexanderstreet.com/

Contains 50,000 tracks of contemporary world music that deliver the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database contains important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.

CinemaNow

2009-06-08T19:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.cinemanow.com/

Download-to-own: Hollywood movies, popular TV shows, and music videos are available for purchase, providing an unlimited viewing period on up to 3 devices. Pay-Per-View: Hollywood movies are available for purchase, providing customers a 24 hour window to watch the video. As with all CinemaNow downloads, customers can start watching in minutes or download the file and watch it anytime, anywhere.

Price: Download-to-own movies are priced from $9.99 to $19.99; TV shows and music videos are priced at $1.99. Pay-Per-View movies are priced between $2.99 and $3.99.

Blockbuster

2009-06-08T19:25:00.000-07:00

http://www.blockbuster.com/

With 90,000 titles, you can rent or purchase DVD’s online for snail mail delivery, and can return or exchange at store nearest you. Also able to download movies to your computer.

Price: 3 movies for $19.99/mo at a time. Free shipping.

Amazon Music Downloads

2009-06-08T19:20:00.000-07:00

http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download/

Amazon was the first online retailer that sold songs without DRM protections. Amazon has contracts with Sony-BMG, EMI, Universal, and Warner, and they have a huge selection of download-able music

Price: Top 100 – 89 ¢/ea. Albums $4.99 and up. iPod compatible.

We7

2009-06-08T19:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.we7.com/

We7 is a music destination where you can listen to, share and discover music for free, legally and safely. You choose the music you want to hear and play full songs and albums online, on-demand at anytime. Also offers the ability to buy music in mp3 downloads which you can play on iPods and most other digital players.

SoundClick

2009-06-08T19:02:00.000-07:00

http://www.soundclick.com/

SoundClick is the leading free music community featuring signed and unsigned bands plus state of the art social media tools. SoundClick offers free member profile pages, mp3 downloads, streaming audio and video, music charts, custom radio stations, a proprietary music store, message boards, lyrics and music e-cards. SoundClick also offers users the ability to promote their favorite music with viral widgets.

Pure Volume

2009-06-08T18:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.purevolume.com/

PureVolume is a website for the discovery and promotion of new music and emerging artists. Each artist has a profile that typically contains basic info, updates, photos, shows and music for streaming. Artists have the option of making each of their songs available for free download. Listeners and fans can also create profiles to interact with artists and each other, as well as track and share music they like.

Muzic

2009-06-08T18:50:00.000-07:00

http://www.muzic.com/

A sister site to MP3 Raid, Muzic hosts independent artists' songs and albums, which are licensed through Creative Commons and are free to download.

MP3 Raid

2009-06-08T18:47:00.000-07:00

http://www.mp3raid.com/

Mp3Raid.com is dedicated to provide its visitors the best mp3 search engine on the net, with access to more than a million free mp3 downloads and free music downloads all over the internet. You can listen to any mp3 file before you download it, you can post your mp3 on your page/profile for free, and also select popular songs from our various top mp3 charts.

MP3 4U

2009-06-08T18:43:00.000-07:00

http://mp34u.muzic.com/

A network of people, called "sources," scour the internet for MP#'s that are available as free and legal downloads, and post these links on their Source pages. A great way to find music recommended by people who love music.

Metal Hordes

2009-06-08T16:05:00.000-07:00

http://www.metalhordes.com/

A band promotion site focusing on various forms of heavy metal, and allowing bands to upload mp3s users can download for free.

Live Music: Internet Archive

2009-06-08T15:45:00.000-07:00

http://www.archive.org/browse.php?collection=etree&field=%2Fmetadata%2Fcreator

Part of Archive.org, features thousands of live performances by smaller bands as well as the likes of the Grateful Dead and Jason Mraz.

Legal Torrents

2009-06-08T15:40:00.000-07:00

http://beta.legaltorrents.com/about

LegalTorrents is an online digital media community. We discover and distribute high quality open-license (Creative Commons) digital media and art, and provide support to Content Creators. LegalTorrents hosts creative content in its entirety, ensures fast, reliable downloads, and enables users to directly sponsor Content Creators and their work. LegalTorrents distributes content with the full permission of the rights holders and use the peer-2-peer file-sharing technology called Bittorrent.

Last FM Downloads

2009-06-08T15:24:00.000-07:00

http://www.last.fm/music/+free-music-downloads

Last FM is great for its streaming and social aspects, but it also has weekly, free MP3 downloads offered on their site.

Jamendo

2009-06-08T15:23:00.000-07:00

http://www.jamendo.com/en/

Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses. Share your music, download your favorite artists!

iT's Free Downloads

2009-06-08T15:21:00.000-07:00

http://www.itsfreedownloads.com/

Every week Apple’s iTunes Store offers one or more free music and TV show downloads. Often, though, it can been a bit of work finding all the freebies available — so that’s where itsfreedownloads.com comes in. Here you’ll find links to all the current free downloads — just click on the link and you’ll be taken to the file in iTunes to download.

Garage Band

2009-06-08T15:01:00.001-07:00

http://www.garageband.com/

GarageBand.com is a large online community of independent musicians and music fans. The site is used by musicians who seek greater exposure and critical insight provided by an audience of their peers. The site is also used by music fans to discover new independent artists in the site's vast collection. Some is Creative Commons-licensed music content.

Free Albums Galore

2009-06-08T14:57:00.000-07:00

http://freealbums.blogsome.com/

A music blog that posts reviews of complete albums that are available for free downloads from numerous sources.

Audio Tube

2009-06-08T14:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.audiotube.com/

Audiotube is an online portal that lets you access high quality music videos. Create a private community on Audiotube and you can share video playlists and interests with a network as well as access the latest in music news. Also provides a section for true Indie Artists.

Epitonic

2009-06-08T14:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.epitonic.com/

Independent, new music across several genres from both signed and unsigned artists. Featuring MP3 song downloads, radio streams, and many full album streams available through Windows Media Player.

ccMixter

2009-06-08T14:44:00.000-07:00

http://ccmixter.org/

This is a community music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under Creative Commons licenses.