Dear all,
A good thing happened today. The big german public broadcaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZDF is now freely licensing high-value
animations in a pilot project (see our attached PM).
Today, 50 videos and animations under CC BY 4.0 and CC BY-SA 4.0 are also
being uploaded to Wikimedia Commons today by the ZDF. (Topics: Nature,
History, Cultural Heritage).
Furthermore, with almost 9,000 signatures on the campaign site "Public
Money – Public Content" ögög.wikimedia.de, we are broadly supported by a
number of institutions as e.g. the libraries, the digital sphere, youth
organisations, the Federal Pupils' Conference, the Federal Parents' Council
and the Teachers' Associations.
https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/terra-x-creative-commons-cc-100.ht…
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Read below our press release:
ZDF opens educational content for schools and Wikipedia
Berlin, 09.06.2020 - In a nationwide unique step, ZDF is putting numerous
media and high-quality animations online under a free license. The content
can thus be used and distributed by anyone without having to obtain
permission from ZDF. This helps schools and Wikipedia enormously.
For months now, teachers' associations and the online encyclopedia have
been working together with the public authorities towards a freer use of
educational content. The reaction of ZDF is a first success in this. The
actors hope that ARD will also show itself ready to talk about opening up
educationally relevant formats. The 50 released contents of the ZDF main
editorial office History and Science can be used by teachers, for example,
for lessons at home as well as in the classroom, without legal concerns.
The material is available as an open educational resource (OER) under a
"Creative Commons" license with the conditions "BY" and, if
applicable,
"SHARE ALIKE". This means that when using the material, the author (ZDF,
Terra X, Kreative etc.) must be named. The contents are still protected
against distortion and falsification according to the general copyright
rules.
"Sharing pictures, graphics or videos for illustration in class is usually
only legal in Germany within the classroom, but outside it is often an
infringement of copyright. Teachers can hardly be expected to move in such
legally murky waters. With Creative Commons licensing, however, sharing is
expressly permitted. The ZDF thus legalizes quasi good teaching. The
material can be incorporated into lesson plans with a clear conscience,"
says John Weitzmann, in-house counsel at Wikimedia Germany. The association
provides an online license reference generator that facilitates correct
attribution.
ZDF content also in great demand on Wikipedia
Volunteers from Wikipedia had also expressed a need for the ZDF material.
In November, ZDF had already provided climate content on a trial basis.
Since then, the content has been accessed more than 5,000 times daily on
Wikipedia, and the video on the "most important climate factors" even more
than 60,000 times in total. The community of Wikipedia language versions
decides on a case-by-case basis whether and in which articles the videos
and graphics are to be supplemented. Wikipedia is written by volunteers,
good material can help the online encyclopedia.
"We are very pleased with the initiative of ZDF. Whether video,
infographics or text - free knowledge comes in many different forms. Such
high-quality educational material is a real enrichment for Wikipedia," says
Abraham Taherivand, Managing Director of Wikimedia Germany.
Telemedia concept must be revised
The content provided under Creative Commons will remain permanently
available on various sites. Complete programs with educational relevance
and other educational content of ZDF should also be permanently available
online. This would make it easier to use them, for example, for lesson
plans. Marlehn Thieme, Chairman of the ZDF Television Council, recently
announced that the necessary decisions would be made at ZDF.
Am Sa., 25. Apr. 2020 um 01:19 Uhr schrieb Pierre-Yves Beaudouin <
pierre.beaudouin(a)wikimedia.fr>gt;:
Hi Bernd,
I would be happy to work on that.
During the lock down I've spend a lot of times on YouTube to find useful
content for WikiCommons. Some broadcasters are publishing under free
license:
BBC News in Urdu
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvm8V4Dwtz0fbPGbpk7RYAg
BBC News in Uzbek
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvZD_M4nzOSyrPx0LfgOmQ
The Times of India
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckHqySbfy5FcPP6MD_S-Yg
and some YT channels of France 3 (Brittany, Corsica, Provence) have some
content under free license
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_NBvUCmnjCuYVKJYD2sSgw
Best,
Pierre-Yves
Le 2020-04-24 09:32, Bernd Fiedler a écrit :
Dear all,
I want to highlight this initiative of public broadcasters internationally
https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/global-task-force-public-media-serving-…
Public broadcasters come together and claim:
Our countries may differ by culture and language, but we all share the
common duty to Inform, Educate and Entertain. Our engagement with
audiences of all ages across a range of broadcast and online services is
critical to our success in serving them whenever, wherever and however they
want.
(however they want? did someone just say "remix" and "creative
commons"?)
The Global Task Force is particularly proud of the speed with which public
media across the world have responded to the challenge of supporting the
education of children who are learning at home by bringing together
brilliant partners from across the public and private spheres. Public
service media is uniquely placed to play this role.
True. There is (among other things) high-quality educational content being
provided by public broadcasters. I'd love it to be
- freely licensed, whereever possible
- paid fairly
- accessible everywhere (no geoblocking!)
- accessible anytime (no expiry date for informational and educational
content)
We currently have a campaign going on targeted to german public
broadcasters, you can find it at wikimedia.de/oeffentliches-gut. Its
slogan is #ÖGÖG, meaning: Public Money – Public Good.
I would like to reach out to you guys, especially in* Australia, France,
United Kingdom, New Zealand, Sweden and Canada.* An open letter
advocating free licences in strengthening remix and re-use of the content
of public broadcasters could help us a lot. What do you think?
All the best from Berlin
Bernd
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der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.