Freesound Project

Attribution

All audio content you download from the freesound project is licensed under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license. This means that if you use the files you need to attribute the creator of the file (i.e. say who made it). We created an easily editable page which you can use to do this: http://www.freesound.org/usersAttribution.php. This page lists all samples you have downloaded. For more details on what you can (and can't) do with freesound material - see below.

Legal

By uploading files and adding them to the freesound website the users testify that those files can be released under the creative commons "sampling plus 1.0" license. You can review both the legal code and the "human readable" version of this license below. Failing to comply with the rules of the freesound website (i.e. uploading copyrighted material) will result in users being banning from the freesound website and legal actions will be taken against the violator. Uploads are traced and directly linked to the user of the system.

Human Readable Creative Commons License

If you canot see the frame below please read the license at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling+/1.0/

Creative Commons Legal Code

If you canot see the frame below please read the legal code at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling/1.0/legalcode