[Upd-discuss] BBC aims high for the Creative Archive

[James Love]

Perhaps one thing the UPP could do is to create something like the 
"crown jewels" campaign (from 1990 to 1994), where you identify really 
good sets of documents and data that you would want in the public 
domain/Commons,  and then help people organize around each item.

Jamie

davidt@public-domain.org wrote:

> The BBC has just released its Charter Review report, and they have a *very*
> nice section on the Archive. Now we have to make sure this gets into the
> charter.
> David
> 
> Full text at http://www.bbc.co.uk/thefuture/
> 
> [snip]
> The Creative Archive: opening up the treasure chest
> 
> Imagine being able to view and listen – and even download and own –
> extracts from the world’s largest television and radio archive.
> 
> 53% of internet users download content for their own compilations55. For
> the first time, the BBC will open up its treasure chest of programmes to
> the public who own it and make its contents available to individuals and
> to families for learning, for creativity and for pleasure. Two-thirds of
> current and prospective broadband users say they are interested in the
> Creative Archive service56.
> 
> The BBC Creative Archive will establish a pool of high-quality content
> which can be legally drawn on by collectors, enthusiasts, artists,
> musicians, students, teachers and many others, who can search and use this
> material non-commercially. And where exciting new works and products are
> made using this material, we will showcase them on BBC services.
> 
> Initially we will release factual material, beginning with extracts from
> natural history programmes. As demand grows, we are committed to extending
> the Creative Archive across all areas of our output.
> 
> We are developing this unique initiative in partnership with other major
> public and commercial audio-visual collections in the UK, including
> leading museums and libraries. Our ambition is to help establish a common
> resource which will extend the public’s access while protecting the
> commercial rights of intellectual property owners.
> 
> “The announcement by the BBC of its intent to develop a Creative Archive
> has been the single most important event in getting people to understand
> the potential for digital creativity… If the vision proves a reality,
> Britain will become a centre for digital creativity, and will drive many
> markets – in broadband deployment and technology – that digital creativity
> will support.”
> 
> Professor Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford University, 2004
> 
> [/snip]
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