[spectre] Creative Archive Licence
Chris Byrne
chris at crowriver.net
Wed Apr 13 21:50:56 CEST 2005
From the BBC web site:
Online archive moves step closer
Free internet access to thousands of clips from public service radio
and TV programmes is a step closer after the launch of the Creative
Archive Licence. The BBC, Channel 4, the British Film Institute (BFI)
and The Open University (OU) launched the scheme on Wednesday. It is
the first stage of the Creative Archive initiative announced by former
BBC director general Greg Dyke in 2003. Under the plans, the public
will be able to "own" a copy of the clips and use them for their own
creations.
Share knowledge
At the launch, the four partners in the Creative Archive Licence Group
called for other media and arts organisations to join them. It is hoped
the Creative Archive Licence will give media users legal access to
material which they can use to express their creativity and share their
knowledge. It will allow people to download and use footage and audio
for non-commercial purposes, with each user agreeing to abide by the
licence conditions before gaining access to any of the available
material.
The archive was set up after the BBC pledged to "help establish a
common resource which will extend the public's access while protecting
the commercial rights of intellectual property owners".
The Creative Archive Licence is inspired by the Creative Commons system
- a flexible copyright arrangement pioneered in the US to stimulate
creativity. The BBC will initially make footage from natural history
and factual programmes available under the licence, while Channel 4 has
commissioned a selection of content. The BFI will be releasing silent
comedy, early literary adaptations, newsreel footage and archive
footage of British cities in the early 20th century. The OU's pilot
scheme will be making available video and audio teaching material from
a range of genre including geography, science and history, as well as
footage from the popular OU & BBC series Rough Science.
Story continues at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4441205.stm
Creative Archive Licence Group
http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/index.html
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