Context below - yes, I'm top-posting.
Just to point out that, in the consultation form which I've just filled out
in an attempt to save BBC 6 Music from the axe [1], there's a box to give
comments about access to the BBC archive. I used this to give a brief
advocacy for BBC content to be made available under a Creative Commons
licence. Two birds, one stone (I live in hope).
Cormac
[1] <
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consultations/departments/bbc/bbc-strategy-re…
On 26 February 2010 15:26, Tom Holden <tom.holden(a)economics.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> Perhaps the same day on which they announced a 50% reduction of the size of
> their website is not the best time...
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> Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Content 'n' Commons
> One of you chaps has a contact in the BBC,
I believe.
> I've been thinking about the BBC and
some of its news/factual content and
> whether they might be willing to release some of it under CC-BY-SA and
> therefore appropriate to embed in Wikipedia.
> Obviously a lot of content needs to remain
under restrictive licenses; a
> lot of output (most of it, I would guess) is produced by independent
> companies and one can't expect the Beeb to start renegotiating with them.
> But it strikes me that they produce a lot
of in-house stuff that simply
> won't have much resale/repeat value and for which I don't think (but I am
> willing to be challenged on this) they would need to worry about royalties
> and rights.
> There's also the argument that
"due to the unique way the BBC is funded"
> some of their content *should* be more available to the public and to
> release some content (content of little to no future value) under a more
> sharing-friendly licence would be the right thing to do.
> I intend to look and listen to BBC content
more carefully to pick out which
> specific programmes are independently produced and which are in-house, so
> I'll be vague in what I'm going to say next, not mentioning specific
> programme titles:
> They produce a lot of output that relates
to specific political issues,
> they have interviews with public figures, they cover science topics and
> produce other content that would be educational.
> So I'm wondering if our BBC insider
could maybe use his contact to propose
> CC-BY-SA licensing for some content and see what their reaction is. Perhaps
> before that's done though it would be well to have a list of, say, five
> illustrative examples of what we'd be talking about. I foresee a slight
> problem in doing this; the BBC puts content online but it is usually
> available for a relatively short period, so if we wanted to *link* to these
> examples the content might be gone by the time our contact is approached.
> I'm not sure what a good solution to that problem is. It may just be a case
> of noting very carefully the date of transmission, programme title, channel
> and the
> 'timestamp'(?) of any individual segment we're inspired by.
> In summary, I propose:
> 1. That we, over the next seven days, all
take note of programmes that are
> not specifically credited as being produced by independent companies.
> 2. Consider whether what we've watched/listened to would be good for
> Wikimedia projects and report likely candidates to this thread.
> Having done that:
> 3. Think about how we can present a case to
the BBC for some CC-BY-SA
> licensing.
> I'm just imagining some really great
stuff being made available to Commons
> and, once it's there, all the amazing things volunteers can do with it. What
> do you chaps think?
> User:Bodnotbod (en:wp)
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