http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/by-sa-2.0/
http://search.creativecommons.org/?lang=es
http://www.freephotobank.org/main.php
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/10/05/200-million-creative-commons-photos-and-counting/
http://animalphotos.info/a/
http://www.budgetstockphoto.com/creative_commons_images.html
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"You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request."
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