You will find some later stuff in the Internet Archive too, and the best way to track it down is by using their advanced search. This will let you put in both the license and the date range you want to check within, so helps weed out the right kind of content.

That aside, a good bet is to use the Creative Commons search, and make sure that you tick the boxes that say that you want to use the work commercially (if that’s the case) and/or to be allowed to modify, adapt and build upon.

Blip.TV, OurMedia and I think Revver also offer CC licensing to their members, so you should be able to track down usable footage using advanced search there.

Hope that’s some help. It would be nice to see a stock video site putting clips out for nothing. The cheapest I have found for stock video (which largely still goes for crazy money per clip) is istockphoto and in my more ostentatious moments I have been known to pick up a clip or two there on the cheap.

For the VJ crowd Channel 4 made a nice site which has relatively lax licensing, but isn’t quite public domain. Check out PIXnMIX Candy Jar if you’re looking for user-generated vidloops.

Maybe a collective is called for, scattered around the globe, to contribute stock clips via a wiki. If anyone needs neon scenes, snow or Northern Japan footage, you know who to call. I’ll trade you for some Euro-cafes or sprawling American panoramas

Anyone else know of any good ways to find contemporary remix footage on the web?