New Life.

Life.com is finally up.  I've been waiting for this one.

Terms of use allow for printing single copies for personal, noncommercial use.  Presumably that includes educational purposes, yes?  Can you tell I love copyright law?  

It would have been really incredible if they had licensed everything under a Creative Commons license. ;)

Stunning.

              "Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech."

So, in addition to Creative Commons being a great resource for finding images (whose creators have waived certain copyright rights for other uses), today I stumbled into Wikimedia Commons.  Launched about 3 years after Creative Commons, it's somewhat similar, though the rules for entering an image (or other media file) are slightly different.  

   Taken by Mila Zinkova. 

In any event, it's got links to some remarkable photos.  

From the Detroit Publishing Company Collection at LOC. (Though this copy may be digitally enhanced.)

  From the Edward S. Curtis Collection at LOC. 

Excellent News

Youtube is working on allowing an option for contributors to add a Creative Commons license to their uploads.  Which means you can download videos to your computer and use them offline.  Which means a wider range of educational applications.