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BBC Creative Archive licensing to be based on Creative CommonsIn a significant step forward towards the opening of a portion of the BBC's archives, the BBC today made their intentions for the Creative Archives clearer to other UK broadcasters and public sector organisations. The Creative Archive, originally announced by Greg Dyke in 2003, plans to offer the British public free access to some of the BBC's audio and video programming.
This afternoon the first meeting of an external consultative panel, which included many UK media holders, heard the BBC's decision that it will base the Creative Archive usage licence on the Creative Commons (CC) model. This confirmation follows some speculation on the subject. The CC model turns copyright on its head by explaining the ways that the content can be used rather than saying it cannot - or Some Rights Reserved as they put it. By happy coincidence, Creative Commons 2.0 was released yesterday.
By applying a CC-type license to the content, the BBC will enable individuals in the UK to download released content to their computers, share it, edit it and create new content. Commercial reuse of the content will not be allowed.
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