[spectre] Creative Archive Licence

[Chris Byrne]

 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