[CS-FSLUG] The BBC's Creative Archive License

[David Aikema]

I don't really know if this has much to do with the entertainment
industry.  The BBC is a government funded organization (the British TV
tax ... perhaps others as well), and so it can be seen as having more
of an obligation to release material like that.

Aso noted in the article is that popular entertainment programs would
probably not be released under this license.

This perhaps is somewhat similar to the CBC in Canada which is
subsidized to the tune of about $100000000 per year.  They have a lot
of their content available online... and I think that they may even
have some of their stuff in ogg format (I can't recall offhand).

David

On 4/18/05, Don Parris <gnumathetes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, this is a great development, and a step in the right direction
> for the BBC.  Hopefully, the American entertainment industry will see
> things in a similar light.  It may not be likely, but there is hope.
> 
> http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67239,00.html
> 
> Don
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