The first day of the year is Public Domain Day! It’s a joyous celebration for lovers of old music, movies and literature. On Public Domain Day, scores of old works lose their copyright and fall into the public domain for royalty-free use.

Older works are fascinating sources for images, audio and video clips. A few options for free and bargain elements you can use without fear of copyright infringement are the Library of Congress, a collection of images, books, audio, videos and more that the Library of Congress believes are free to use and Unsplash is a legendary free image site.