Wikipedia:List of content strangely available on Wikimedia Commons
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Wikimedia Commons hosts content that appears to be copyrighted or out of the project scope at first glance that would not be expected to be hosted on the site.
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The list features content such as video game assets, movie clips, and music videos. These remain available for various reasons: because they were uploaded under a free commercial license by a copyright holder, they were published without U.S. copyright requirements before 1989, they fail the threshold of originality, or because they were produced by a government (making them public domain).
While some content on Commons (like internet memes) may be out of the project scope, some of it is within scope because it's educational or informative.
Audio
Music
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| "We Are Charlie Kirk" | Public domain (AI-generated) | |
| Multiple variations of "We Are Charlie Kirk" | Public domain (AI-generated) | |
| An audio of a song by Mitchie M featuring Hatsune Miku | CC BY 3.0 | |
| "Fatamorgana" by Indonesia 6 is in the public domain because it was published on a label that doesn't comply with copyright laws in a pre-Berne country. | CC0 | |
| A high-quality CD version of "Kawaikute Gomen" | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The soundtrack of Defunctland's documentary about queues at Disney parks | CC BY 4.0 | |
| "Concert for you" from the soundtrack for the Deltarune Chapter 3-4 OST by Toby Fox | Public domain (uncopyrightable chord) | |
| An audio asset from 3D Movie Maker | MIT | |
| The intro to the 2016 reboot of The Powerpuff Girls | CC BY-SA 2.0 | |
| A piano cover of "Meet the Flintstones" | CC0 (cover)
Public domain (composition, published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| A MIDI cover of "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Bobby Day | CC0 (cover)
Public domain (composition, published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| A 1985 music audio of "Ugly Knuckle Butt" by Bobby Jimmy and the Critters | Public domain (published in the US from 1978-February 1989 and copyright not registered within 5 years) | |
| The Puerto Rico Song | Public domain (AI-generated) | |
| Two AI-generated meme songs about Homer Simpson | Public domain (AI-generated) | |
| "Gorof (Elixir)" by Dur-Dur Band that later went viral in 2025 | Public domain (lack of copyright law in Somalia) | |
| The Doctor Who theme (2023) | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A 55-minute long progressive electronic song by Cacola | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| A song by CG5 about The Amazing World of Gumball | CC BY 3.0 | |
| "Trail", a medley by Disasterpeace from the Fez soundtrack remix album FZ: Side Z | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| "Dance Mr. Funnybones", a song by PuffballsUnited from Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex, known online as the "Distraction Dance" meme | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| An ambient song by Lena Raine | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
| The entirety of the album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Public domain (released by the band) CC BY 4.0 ("Crumbling Castle") | |
| "001- Weed Problem" by Bull of Heaven | CC0 | |
| "Cradles" by Sub Urban | Copyrighted free use | |
| The entirety of the soundtrack to Escape the Backrooms |
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CC-BY 3.0
CC-BY 4.0 ("Walls Winding", "Platonic Purgatory") Licensed by the composer insOmic on YouTube |
Other
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| The Jonestown "Death Tape" | Public domain (US government work) | |
| The Cock and ball torture meme from Wikipedia | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| The Bhutanese passport meme from Wikipedia | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| A spoken version of the GFDL 1.2 in English | Redistribution allowed, but no derivative works allowed (allowed on Wikimedia Commons for this special case because it is a spoken version of a license used on Wikimedia Commons and other projects) | |
| PS1 Fearful Harmony glitch recording | Public domain (generated because of a computer bug) |
Images
Photographs
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| The original image of Barbra Streisand's cliff-top residence in Malibu, California, which she attempted to suppress in 2003. Namesake for the Streisand effect. |  |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| A photo of World Wildlife Fund's logo on a wall. See WWF trademark dispute. | _01.jpg) |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A famous photo of Guy Standing sitting, which ignited an edit war. | _in_2012.jpg) |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| A photo of the Eiffel Tower illuminated at night |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Eiffel Tower at night is copyrighted because there is no freedom of panorama in France, but permission was given to release this image under a free license) |
| A photo by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office showing Elliot Rodger's laptop. It displays his final journal entry after killing his first three victims Screenshot of Rodger's "Retribution" video uploaded on YouTube. |  |
Public domain (public record by the government of California) |
| The original image which spawned the Backrooms creepypasta | .jpg) |
Copyrighted free use |
| The first photograph of the far side of the Moon, taken by Luna 3 |  |
Public domain (taken by an automatic camera in Russia) |
| The mug shot of Donald Trump |  |
Public domain (public record by the government of Georgia) |
| The infamous Monkey selfie |  |
Public domain (taken by an animal) |
| "Shrug Guy" mimics a 2022 photo of himself mimicking his 2006 photo for the shrug Wikipedia page, at Depths of Wikipedia's Boston show in 2026. |  |
CC0 1.0 |
| Game developer and composer Toby Fox covered in foam |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Pictures of former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden |   |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Tucker Carlson interviewing Vladimir Putin in 2024 | _17.jpg) |
CC BY 4.0 |
| The mug shot of Michael Jackson | .jpg) |
Public domain (public record by the government of California) |
| A "mugshot" of Woody Allen |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) |
| The mummy of Luang Pho Daeng, a Buddhist monk who died meditating in 1973. The sunglasses are there to prevent his rotting eyes from scaring tourists. |  |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Dalí Atomicus | _09633u.jpg) |
Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) |
Video stills
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| A screenshot from South Park |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The Tree House from Adventure Time |  |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| A screenshot from Vertigo (1958) |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) |
| A screenshot from Casablanca (1942) |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) |
| A screenshot from the infamous Psycho shower scene |  |
Public domain (copyright in Japan expired) |
| A screenshot from Mary Poppins |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) |
| A screenshot of Kasane Teto for the music video for BIRDBRAIN by Jamie Paige |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| A screenshot from a Scott the Woz video |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| A screenshot from an Angry Video Game Nerd video |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| An image from CCTV of a 41-year-old drunk man shortly before attacking a Knightscope robot. |  |
Public domain (CCTV image) |
| Frame 352 of the Patterson-Gimlin film, showing Bigfoot's most famous appearance. |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) |
| First promo image broadcast on MTV |  |
Public domain (published in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notice and not registered within 5 years; modifications are minimal; original footage made by NASA) |
| A image from one of only three known footage showing American Airlines Flight 11 striking the original 1 World Trade Center | _(right).jpg) |
Public domain (prepositioned camera) |
| An image of a Tupperware ad from the late 1950s |  |
Public domain (released into PD by author) |
| A screenshot from the film The Battle of Algiers |  |
Public domain (copyright in Algeria has expired) |
| A screenshot from Fellini's 8½ |  |
Public domain (copyright in Italy has expired) |
| The opening title card of Pasolini's Salò |  |
Public domain (fails the threshold of originality) |
| A screenshot of Seven Samurai |  |
Public domain (copyright has expired in Japan) |
| Five screenshots of Bicycle Thieves | .jpg)     |
Public domain (copyright in Italy has expired) |
| Screenshots of Battle for Dream Island | 
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CC-BY 3.0 |
| Elon Musk doing a salute in 2025 |  |
Public domain (US government work) |
| The title card for the video game web series Gaming in the Clinton Years | .png) |
Public domain (Bill Clinton photo is a US government work, added text fails the threshold of originality) |
Fictional characters
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| Characters from SpongeBob SquarePants |   .png)   _character.png) |
CC BY 3.0 |
| All four Pac-Man ghosts |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| The famous MissingNo glitch from Pokémon |  |
Public domain (Computer-generated, fails threshold of originality) |
| Pinocchio from the eponymous Disney film |  |
Public domain (copyright for the trailer has expired) |
| Characters from The Amazing World of Gumball. |    .png)         |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Characters from Steven Universe |  _Scratch_sprite.svg){kind=icon} _from_Steven_Universe.svg)  |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Characters from We Bare Bears | .svg) .svg) .svg)     |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Characters from The Powerpuff Girls reboot |  .png) |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Characters from Teen Titans Go! | .svg) .svg) .svg) .svg) .svg) |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Characters from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | _sprite.svg){kind=icon} _sprite.svg){kind=icon} _sprite.png){kind=icon} |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Finn the Human and Jake the Dog from Adventure Time |   |
CC BY-SA 2.0 |
| Images of Batman |   .png)  |
CC BY 4.0 (Lego Batman) Public domain (Adam West Batman photo was published in the US before 1977 without a copyright notice) CC BY 3.0 (other two images) |
| The character Arthur Read as seen in a podcast episode from the official Arthur YouTube channel. |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Images of the Ace Combat mascot Nugget | .png)
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CC-BY 3.0 |
| A lineup of the Mane 6 from My Little Pony |  |
CC-BY 3.0 |
| Verity, the antagonist of a Minecraft web series |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| The cast for the first season of Battle for Dream Island |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Four from Battle for Dream Island |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| The cast for the fifth season of Battle for Dream Island |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Spooky Month character screenshots | 
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CC BY 3.0 |
| Friday Night Funkin' characters | 
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CC BY 4.0 for Girlfriend. Apache License for Whitty. MIT License for Sky |
| A black and white photograph of El Chavo and Quico from the Mexican series El Chavo del Ocho | .jpg) |
CC0 |
| Images of C-3PO and R2-D2 during the filming of Star Wars films | .jpg) _(cropped)_auto_color.jpg) .jpg) |
Public domain (US government works) |
| Characters from the Godzilla franchise | _(cropped).jpg) .png) .jpg) _Godzilla_vs_Anguirus.jpg)      _(cropped).png) _-_Behind_the_scenes.png) |
Public domain (silhouette fails the threshold of originality, Mothra and Daisuke Serizawa images were published in the US before 1963 and their copyright was not renewed, image from unused Godzilla's Revenge poster was published in the US before 1977 without a copyright notice, copyright in Japan for all other images plus Mothra has expired) |
| Images of Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man |    |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Han Solo frozen in carbonite | .jpg) |
CC BY 2.0 |
| Publicity photo of Monty Python and the Holy Grail | .jpg) |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) |
| Publicity photos from the Batman TV series |     |
Public domain (published in the US before 1977 without a copyright notice) |
| Low quality image of Harley Quinn in MultiVersus |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Images of Superman | .png)     |
Public domain (Superman (1941) and Kirk Alyn photo were published in the US before 1963 and their copyrights were not renewed; George Reeves photo is a US government work) United Kingdom Open Government Licence v3.0 (anti-smoking comic) CC BY 3.0 (MultiVersus screenshot) |
| Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney |   |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Promo art for Ace Attorney featuring Phoenix Wright, Maya Fey, Pearl Fey, Franziska von Karma and Miles Edgeworth. |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| The heads of South Park characters. Namely; Wendy Testaburger, Butters Stotch, Kenny McCormick, Kyle Broflovski, Stan Marsh and Eric Cartman |       |
CC0 (released by author)
Public domain (fail the threshold of originality) |
| Non-abstracted Eric Cartman | .png) |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Music covers
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| The mugshot cover art for the single "Look at Me!" by XXXTentacion |  |
Public domain (public record by the government of Florida) |
| The cover art for the unreleased album Yandhi by Kanye West | .jpg) |
CC BY-SA 3.0, GFDL (derivative work of a preexisting image released under both licenses) |
| The covers of a single and six albums by the Beatles |        |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without, or in the case of the Sgt. Pepper's cover a defective, copyright notice, except the covers of Past Masters and The Beatles, both of which fail the threshold of originality) |
| The original cover art for the album Vultures 1 by ¥$ (actually derived from a painting by Caspar David Friedrich) | .png) |
Public domain (original painting was published in the US before 1931 and its author has been dead for over 100 years, added text is uncopyrightable) |
| The covers of two albums by Led Zeppelin |   |
Public domain (Led Zeppelin: copyright for original photo was published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed, added text is uncopyrightable and Atlantic fan logo too simple; n/a name: published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) |
| The covers of ten albums by Bob Dylan |          .jpeg) |
Public domain (Bob Dylan and The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan were published in the US before 1964 and didn't have their copyright renewed. The Times They Are a-Changin' through John Wesley Harding were published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid and Triplicate fail the threshold of originality.) |
| The cover of Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys | .jpg) |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) |
| The cover of Are You Experienced by |
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Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) |
| The cover of Master of Reality by Black Sabbath |  |
Public domain (fails the threshold of originality) |
| Not, in fact, a stock photo, but rather an album cover for Bustin' by Todd Graham |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The cover of 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul |  |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| The cover of If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears by The Mamas & the Papas |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) |
| The cover of Piano Man by Billy Joel |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) |
| Bootleg album of the Rolling Stones |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) |
| The cover of Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard |  |
Public domain (album released under a free license by the band) |
| The cover art of two EPs, The Communists Have The Music single, and a promotional CD by They Might Be Giants |     |
Public domain (all fail the threshold of originality) |
| The cover of The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd |  |
Public domain (ineligible for copyright) |
Video games
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| The cover art for Fez | _cover_art.png) |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Fez artwork with list of prizes won | _"prizes".png) |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Screenshots of Fez gameplay | _screenshot_01.png) _screenshot_02.png) _screenshot_03.png) _screenshot_04.png) _screenshot_05.png) _screenshot_06.png) _screenshot_07.png) _screenshot_08.png) _screenshot_09.png) _screenshot_10.png) _screenshot_11.png) _screenshot_12.png) _screenshot_13.png) _screenshot_14.png) _screenshot_15.png) |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Screenshots and GIFs of TowerFall gameplay |              |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| The cover art for Celeste |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Screenshots of Celeste gameplay |              |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Screenshots of Gone Home gameplay |       |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Screenshots of The Stanley Parable gameplay |         |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Screenshots of VVVVVV gameplay |          |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Screenshots of A Short Hike gameplay |    .png)  .png)  .png)  .png) |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The cover art for Fallout New Vegas | .png) |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Screenshots of Scary Maze Game gameplay |   |
Public domain (both images fail threshold of originality) |
| Main menu for the dark web video game Sad Satan |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| Screenshots of the public domain Nintendo DS game Diamond Trust of London gameplay |   |
Public domain (game released into PD by creator) |
| The covers of Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War and Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown |   |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Sprites from Super Mario Bros. |    |
CC0 (Coin image)
Public domain (Brick Block and Starman images fail the threshold of originality) |
| A flyer for Frogger |  |
Public domain (published in a collective work in the US from 1978-February 1989 with a defective copyright notice and not subsequently registered within 5 years) |
| A flyer for Radar Scope, a video game only notable for its failure resulting in the creation of Donkey Kong |  |
Public domain (published in a collective work in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notice and not subsequently registered within 5 years) |
| A gameplay screenshot from Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy |  |
CC0 |
| A gameplay screenshot from Angry Birds |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| Assets and screenshots from Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space | .png)  |
GPL |
| The cover art for Doom by Don Ivan Punchatz |  |
CC BY 3.0 |
| A promotional image for Ace Combat Infinity |  |
CC-BY 3.0 |
| Assets and screenshots from BFDIA 5b | 
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GNU General Public License |
| Overcooked 2 screenshot and the copyright permission |   |
See image two |
| Gameplay of Ultrakill |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Sprites from Deltarune |   _item.png){kind=small} |
Public domain (fail threshold of originality) |
| Logos for various Mortal Kombat games that include the series' dragon logo, which passes the threshold of originality |             |
CC BY 4.0 |
Computer programs
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| Assets from Microsoft Windows |   |
CC BY-SA 4.0 (LAN window)
Public domain (Start button fails threshold of originality) |
| Assets from 3D Movie Maker, including the infamous rats |   |
MIT |
| Full screenshot of MorphOS' Ambient desktop environment |  |
GNU General Public License |
| Various full screenshots of the desktop (MS-DOS Executive and Program Manager) of retail and beta versions of Windows 1.x, Windows 2.x, Windows 3.0 and Windows 98 |  .png)                 |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| A full screenshot of Windows Embedded Compact 2013's Minimal Shell desktop | _2013_(8.0)_Minimal_Shell_desktop_on_OMAP_3530_EVM_(emulated_on_CE_Runtime_Foundation).png) |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| Pirate installation wizard for Celeste | .png) |
CC BY-SA 4.0 (game cover art) Public domain (fails threshold of originality) (program interface) |
Internet memes
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| The "It ain't much, but it's honest work" meme |  |
Public domain (Original image is US government work, added text fails the threshold of originality) |
| The meme macro of Winslow from CatDog opening a door then leaving | _Meme.png) |
CC BY 3.0 |
| An edited prototype Garfield strip demonstrating Zalgo text. |  |
CC0 1.0 |
| The infamous thousand-yard stare painting |  |
Public domain (United States Army Center of Military History work) |
| Pictures of Big Floppa |  .jpg)  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The famous Awesome Face meme |  |
CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| A Soyjak traced off of Jimmy Wales |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Other free Soyjaks | 
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CC BY-SA 2.0 (Commonsjak) Public domain (Luserjak was released into the PD by the artist) |
| The "Fell For It Again Award" and the "Serious Hat" memes, which are also related to Soyjaks. |   |
Public domain (both images fail threshold of originality) |
| An edited Mahatma Gandhi quote referencing the Nuclear Gandhi glitch (and later feature) in the Civilization game franchise. |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A risqué ad hominem meme about your mother |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A minimalist version of "Loss" |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| The "Boar Vessel, 600-500 BC, Etruscan, ceramic" meme |  |
CC0 |
| The 7TV emote for a sad face, which is a popular emote on Twitch |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| A recreation of a popular Discord emoji meme (Morgan Freeman "true") | ![](#/media/File:Morgan_Freeman_"true"_meme.jpg) |
Public domain (photo of Morgan Freeman at the top was made by NASA and is thus in the public domain; text at the bottom is generic text that is common property with no authorship and is thus public domain too) |
| American soldiers reading news of Adolf Hitler's death | ![](#/media/File:American_soldiers_read_of_Hitler's_death_in_an_"extra"_edition_of_"Stars_and_Stripes.".jpg) |
Public domain (US government) |
Artificial intelligence
All images in this section are in the public domain as they lack sufficient human authorship to support a copyright claim.
| Description | Files | Additional licensing information |
|---|---|---|
| A "kirkified" Mona Lisa |  |
Original painting is also PD as its author has been dead for over 100 years and it was published in the US before 1931; Charlie Kirk photo released under CC BY-SA 4.0 license |
| A bird with a scrotum, broadcast on a Russian federal television channel |  |
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| Multiple fake Disney posters |   .jpg) |
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| Five official promotional images for the film Civil War |      |
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| Multiple Shrimp Jesuses | ![](#/media/File:Facebook_AI_slop,_"Shrimp_Jesus"_1.jpg) ![](#/media/File:Facebook_AI_slop,_"Shrimp_Jesus"_2.jpg)   |
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Other
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| Euro banknotes | _-_centered.png) |
Copyrighted free use |
| An advertisement for the lost gay porn Jesus movie Him (1974) |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) |
| Prototypical Garfield comics |
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Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) |
| The "YOU SUCK!" vandalism edit from "White & Nerdy" |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia screenshot) |
| The thumbnail for the award winning animation "Animation vs. Math" |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| A screenshot from the 2011 National Periodic Test of the Emergency Alert System |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality, US government work) |
| "Resistance Auntie" by Shing Yin Khor |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The poster of the controversial documentary film Leaving Neverland |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| A Time magazine cover |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality, partially AI-generated) |
| Homepage for the ICE List |  |
CC0 |
| The Wikipedia logo morphing into the face of Barack Obama |  |
CC BY-SA 3.0 (using a public domain photo by the US government and MIT-licensed software) |
| Fun art [sic] of Serj Tankian with nonsensical Russian text stating "recognizability mutant frames" |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| A poster for Star Wars Celebration Europe |  |
CC BY 2.0 |
| Several Emergency Broadcast System slides | .jpg)     |
Public domain (all images fail the threshold of originality, at least the last one is also a US government work) |
| The 1971 PBS logo |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1977 without copyright notice) |
| An entire Rebecca Burgess comic PDF |  |
Copyrighted free use with attribution |
| Bill Gates's An Open Letter to Hobbyists |  |
Public domain (published before 1978 without a copyright notice) |
| The movie poster for the 1975 film Jaws |  |
Public domain (published in the US before 1978 with a defective copyright notice) |
| Danbooru post counter girls, also used on Gelbooru and Rule 34 | 
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BSD License |
| Perhaps the worst restoration of a woolly mammoth |  |
Public domain (author has been dead for over 70 years, published in the US before 1931) |
| Best Friends Forever |  |
CC0 |
| Multiple pencil sketches of YouTubers |    |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The default Netflix "smiley face" avatar (blue background) |  |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| Ms. magazine covers | .jpg)      .jpg)                                             |
CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Netflix web page linked from the "Choose a New Plan" button in a Netflix email from a pricing change in 2024 | ![](#/media/File:Netflix_web_page_linked_from_the_"Choose_a_New_Plan"_button_in_the_Netflix_email_titled_"Choose_a_new_plan_now_to_keep_watching",_2024.png) |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| A screenshot of the X (formerly known as Twitter) login page as of May 31st, 2026 | _login.png) |
Public domain (fails threshold of originality) |
| The movie poster for Godzilla (1954) |  |
Public domain (Expired in Japan after 50 years; will not become public domain in the United States until 2050) |
| Logos for The Pirate Bay |   .svg){kind=logo} |
Copyrighted free use |
| The cover of the first edition of the book The C Programming Language, which served for years as the de facto standard of the C programming language |  |
Public domain (fails theshold of originality) |
| One of the earliest Hello, world programs ever written (A program to output "hello, world", handwritten in the C language and signed by Brian Kernighan (1978)) |  |
CC BY-SA 3.0 (code is in the public domain due to failing threshold of originality) |
Videos
Films
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| The scene from The Addams Family 2 in which Wednesday Addams reads the mind of a little girl. | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The "I'm walkin' here!" scene from the film Midnight Cowboy | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| The trailer of 2001: A Space Odyssey | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| The trailer of The Searchers | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| The trailer of An American Werewolf in London | Public domain (published in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notice and not registered within 5 years) | |
| Charade (1963) | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 with defective copyright notice) | |
| Stanley Kubrick's first feature film, Fear and Desire (1953) | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| The Citizen Kane trailer | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| The Psycho trailer | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| One of the earlest films to garner particularly negative reviews, Reefer Madness (1938) | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| The Fantasia trailer (1940) | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| The Fast and the Furious (1954) | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| Night of the Living Dead (1968) | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| Debbie Does Dallas (1978) | Public domain (published in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notice and not registered within 5 years) | |
| The Driller Killer (1979) | Public domain (published in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notice and not registered within 5 years) | |
| Close-Up (1990) | Public domain (copyright in Iran has expired) | |
| His Girl Friday (1940) | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| A scene from My Policeman with Harry Styles and David Dawson | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
| The trailers for Godzilla (1954) and its American re-edit, Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Public domain (trailer for Godzilla was published before 1964 and its copyright not renewed, and the trailer for Godzilla, King of the Monsters! was published without a copyright notice) | |
| The trailers for Godzilla Raids Again and its American re-edit, Gigantis, the Fire Monster | Public domain (all published before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| A trailer for Mortal Kombat II | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A trailer for The Wolverine | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Stamp Day for Superman (1954) | Public domain (published by United States Department of the Treasury) | |
| A trailer for Godzilla 1985 | Public domain (published in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notice and not registered within 5 years) | |
| A trailer for Videodrome | Public domain (published in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notice and not registered within 5 years) | |
| A trailer for A Clockwork Orange (epilepsy warning) | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| A trailer for You Only Live Twice | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 wıthout copyright notice) | |
| The trailer for Dr. Strangelove | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| Boo Moon (1954) | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| The trailer for Eraserhead | Public domain (Published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| The American trailer for Rodan | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| The American trailer for The Mysterians | Public domain (published in the US before 1964 and copyright not renewed) | |
| The trailer for Mothra | Public domain (published before 1964 and copyright not renewed) |
Television
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| The entirety of the TV series Wayside | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Three episodes of Mr. Bean | CC BY 3.0 | |
| An episode of RWBY | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A condensed episode of Rugrats (A Rugrats Chanukah) | CC BY 3.0 | |
| An episode of Braceface | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Two episodes of The Andrew Show, a program produced by the Ku Klux Klan | CC BY 3.0 | |
| An episode of The Day My Butt Went Psycho | CC BY 3.0 | |
| An episode of Battle for Dream Island with creator commentary | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The first episode of Camp Camp | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A condensed episode of The Fairly OddParents | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The only episode of the TV series Turn-On that was ever aired | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) | |
| The scene from SpongeBob SquarePants' "SB-129" in which Squidward exclaims "FUTURE!" | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Trailer for the 2022 anime Heroines Run the Show and its opening and ending credits | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Clips from four episodes of Doctor Who | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Clips from two episodes of True Detective | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The opening sequence of iCarly (2021), "Leave It All to Me" included | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A bloopers compilation from The Summer I Turned Pretty | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Trailer for ReLIFE (OVA) | CC BY 3.0 | |
| One camera angle from Bergensbanen – minutt for minutt (Bergensbanen minute by minute), NRK's first slow television program | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The Max Headroom signal hijackings | Public domain (both videos were published in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notices and were not registered within 5 years) |
Commercials and public service announcements
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| A compilation of Wilkins Coffee commercials | Public domain (some of the commercials were published in a collective work in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice, while the copyright for others was not renewed) | |
| 3 commercials for McGarry's Sausages in 1964 featuring Kermit the Frog and Mack, following the typical snappy, wordplay-based violent format of a Wilkins Coffee commercial | Public domain (the copyright of these commercials was not renewed) | |
| The public service announcement for Mr. Yuk | Public domain (US government work, published before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| The "How Many Licks" Tootsie Pop commercial | Public domain (published in the US before 1978 without copyright notice) | |
| Anti-drug message featuring George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush from Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Public domain (US government work) | |
| Anti-drug message featuring Bob Hawke and Hazel Hawke from Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Public domain (Australian government work, copyright in Australia has expired) | |
| The cast of Frasier selling US Treasury bonds | Public domain (US government work) |
Music videos
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| A rap music video from Mortal Kombat 1 | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Three music videos of songs by Cavetown | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A music video of "It's Called a Heart" by Depeche Mode | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Five videos of songs by Jamie Paige featuring Kasane Teto | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A music video featuring the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Music Video for "Magic" by Mystery Skulls featuring Brandy and Nile Rodgers | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| A compilation of Nickelodeon sitcom theme songs | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A custom cover of Justin Bieber's "One Time", performed on the sitcom True Jackson, VP | CC BY 4.0 | |
| Various videos related to You Da One, a Cambodian pop song sung by an actual princess, Norodom Jenna | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Music Video for "Kawaikute Gomen", a video with over 180 million views on YouTube as of June 2026 | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The music video (visuals only) for "Lone Digger" by Caravan Palace | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| A cover of the song "There's a Nigger in the Moon" | CC BY 4.0 | |
| A video performance of 4′33″ by John Cage (1952) | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Two music videos by JoJo Siwa | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Music video for "Peace Like A River" by Dionne Warwick and Dolly Parton | CC BY 3.0 |
Video games
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| Three trailers for Minecraft updates | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A Minecraft tips and tricks video from Xbox México | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The announcement trailer for Sonic Frontiers | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A trailer for Sonic Colors: Ultimate | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Trailers for Ace Combat Infinity and Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown and the cutscene that plays when you start a new game in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. | CC BY 3.0 | |
| 6 minutes and 30 seconds of gameplay of Fez's trial mode | CC BY-SA 3.0, GDFL 1.2 or later | |
| Hogwarts Legacy trailer | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A trailer/gameplay for Friday Night Funkin' Week 5. | CC BY 3.0 |
Internet videos
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| A 15 minute long Elsagate video | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A Dan Hentschel video | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
| A compilation of Pinkfong videos | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A two-minute long Japanese Countryballs animation that says that it is 0 seconds long | CC BY 4.0 | |
| An episode of The Annoying Orange | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A Meeting of Fools (2025), a surreal 3D animated short | CC0 | |
| "Me at the zoo", the first video uploaded to YouTube. | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A 2007 YouTube video criticizing Islam by Pat Condell | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A 2008 YouTube video by Scientology critic, Mark Bunker | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| A Webdriver Torso video | Public domain (fails threshold of originality, algorithmically-generated) | |
| Three videos from Markiplier's channel | CC BY 3.0 | |
| An entire mini-season of Battle for Dream Island | CC BY 3.0 | |
| 4 Battle for Dream Island YTPMVs (most have muted audio) |
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CC BY 3.0 |
| The announcement for the release of the Battle for Dream Island Flash files | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A clip of the first episode of the third season of Battle for Dream Island looped at the part where Firey screams. | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The intro for the fifth season of Battle for Dream Island (visuals only) | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The intro for the fourth season of Battle for Dream Island (visuals only) | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A "sludge content" video | CC BY 3.0 | |
| "Meamboat Billie's Steamed Willie", a YouTube Poop of Steamboat Willie | CC BY 4.0 (YouTube video; original film public domain; published in the US before 1931; see the file for other information on replaced sounds and visuals) | |
| "Guns Fucking Rule!", a YouTube Poop of an episode of About Safety | CC0 (original episode public domain; published in the US before 1978 without a copyright notice) | |
| Video of Scottish actress Fletcher Mathers recreating her famous ScotRail train announcement | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Terry Davis: Rises to Throne | Public domain (content published by Terry A. Davis is public domain) | |
| One of those "Change My Mind" videos by Steven Crowder | CC BY 3.0 | |
| A reaction video to The Dover Boys at Pimento University | Public domain (The Dover Boys at Pimento University was published in the US before 1964 and its copyright was not renewed) CC BY 3.0 (reaction) | |
| The "Message to Scientology" video announcing Project Chanology | Public domain (released by authors) | |
| A Wikinews report video showing Project Chanology | CC BY 2.5 | |
| A failed Wikinews TV pilot from 2005 | Public domain (released by author) | |
| Three reaction videos to Scary Maze Game | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Three short documentaries by YouTuber Fredrik Knudsen for his web series Down the Rabbit Hole | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Honest Government tells you that you're a traitor if you don't celebrate Amnesia Day | CC BY 3.0 | |
| Steamed Hams in the style of a point-and-click adventure game | CC BY 3.0 |
Artificial intelligence
All videos in this section are in the public domain as they lack sufficient human authorship to support a copyright claim.
| Description | Files |
|---|---|
| "Silver Santa", a Christmas commercial for Coca-Cola | |
| It's the Most Terrible Time of the Year, a Christmas commercial for McDonald's Netherlands (visuals only) | |
| AI-generated videos of Kanye West either discouraging or encouraging the viewer to download Twitter | |
| Very early AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti | |
| Charlie Kirk and J.D. Vance singing "We Are Charlie Kirk" | |
| Donald Trump worshipping Elon Musk's two left feet |
Other
| Description | Files | Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| A GoPro video by a grizzly bear | Public domain (filmed by an animal) | |
| The "Oil Rich Libya" newsreel | Public domain (US government work) | |
| Franz Reichelt's jump and fall, his body being removed, and measurement of the hollow created by the impact were captured on film. | Public domain (pre-1913, author unknown) | |
| 2 police dashcam videos of the White Bronco chase | Public domain (public record by the government of California) | |
| David Lynch with his boys | Public domain (published in the US from 1978-February 1989 without copyright notice and not registered within 5 years) | |
| The footage of the infamous George W. Bush shoe-throwing incident (about three-and-a-half minutes into the 14-minute video) | Public domain (US government work) | |
| Footage of the Metrodome's 2010 roof collapse | Public domain (CCTV footage) | |
| The last video of Elisa Lam | Public domain (CCTV footage) | |
| Footage of the attack on Paul Pelosi | Public domain (public record by the government of California) | |
| Robert Kelly, who currently lives in South Korea and is best known for his live interview on BBC World News that was gatecrashed by his children and wife, doing an interview with Wikinews | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| The infamous "Doorbell Chud" footage. | Public domain (fixed camera footage from Ring doorbell) | |
| An interview of former Algerian prime minister and presidential candidate Ali Benflis. | CC BY 3.0 | |
| The entirety of US Senator Bernie Sanders eight hour filibuster. | Public domain (US Senate video by C-SPAN) | |
| The entirety of US Senator Cory Booker's 25-hour speech, the longest in US history. | Public domain (US Senate video by C-SPAN) | |
| Jack Black encourages you to wear masks | Public domain (work by the government of California) | |
| Barack and Michelle Obama dancing with R2-D2 and stormtroopers | Public domain (US government work) | |
| A video of the Muppets and Gordon Ramsay, promoting Muppets Most Wanted | CC BY 3.0 |