Attached Link: http://www.ourmedia.org/

Thank you! That's great news. I think I've found a place people can upload art and animations, for free.

www.ourmedia.org

They're the people who brought us the Wayback Machine. This week they started a new site, where the public can publish their digital media. Bandwidth is a real problem these days, for musicians, videographers, etc., who want to publish online. (One "This Land" or "Numa Numa Dance" can nuke your Web site for the month or run up hundreds of dollars in extra bandwidth charges.) OurMedia.org is offering free bandwidth. Like the Wayback Machine, the plan is for it to be done as a public service, as a nonprofit organization.

I tried signing up yesterday. It's not suited for someone who wants to create their own Web site (though you get a free blog), but it's adequate for someone who just needs a place to upload their photos, art, text, sounds or video. The only rules are no porn, and no copyright violation.

Speaking of copyright, when you upload an item, you're required to specify a license. You can choose traditional copyright, which is discouraged, or any of a variety of Creative Commons licenses (with more in the works). As a test, I uploaded a couple of pieces of art. I gave them a Creative Commons license that allows redistribution as long as I am credited, but does not allow commercial use or modification. There are a bunch of others - that allow modification, as long as you credit the original author, that allow commercial use as long it's not modified, Linux-style licenses, public domain, etc.

Not sure if you could host free stuff there. It's media oriented, with categories of Image, Video, Sound, and Text. It looks like they planning to accommodate other types of files eventually, but only those four are "live" now.

Another drawback is it takes awhile before the stuff you upload becomes visible. Anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. However, they say that will be fixed soon.

Oh, credits for the image: it's V3, wearing the DAZ harem top and svdl's dynamic skirt, with Kirwyn's dynamic Genesis Hair II.