Just to be clear, The BBC does have feeds which contains links to images, they just happen to be in Persian and blogs only at the moment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/index.xml More here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/institutional/rss.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/persian/index.xml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/index.xml More here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ There are lots of rights issues around images, but in some cases its possible to get licences or work within the terms. Ian Forrester | BBC World Service [New Media Software Engineer] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Chetwynd > Sent: 12 June 2006 15:54 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [backstage] feeds with live graphics? > > I believe for such small graphics "fair use" may apply... > > have you seen: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/homearchive/ > this was originally and for many months hosted here: > http://www.whitelabel.org/~matthew/bbcfront/ > > presumably scraped on a minute by minute basis :-) > > cheers > > Jonathan Chetwynd > > > > On 12 Jun 2006, at 15:20, Graeme Mulvaney wrote: > > I think the copyright issue still applies as you would be > re-using the images in your service despite the BBC having > licensed them. > > There must be a few thumbnails associated with each news > video clip - they show up in the viewer and on the website > from time to time and would be more relevant to the story > than a stock image. Perhaps these images could be made freely > available, licensing would be less of an issue as they'd have > come from a BBC source and would probably be more relevant to > the actual story than some library images. > > > On 6/9/06, Jonathan Chetwynd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Graeme, > > "a picture of a beardy man" can be used by an interested > person without reading skills to select text for a screen or > text reader to read, for example. > > a feed with a link to a graphic isn't re-distribution of the graphic. > > regards > > Jonathan Chetwynd > > On 9 Jun 2006, at 20:17, Graeme Mulvaney wrote: > > Generally the images don't belong to the BBC per se, so they > can't re- distribute them. > > Besides, you'd have to question the relevance of the > thumbnail images anyway :- How does a picture of a woman with > a dodgy perm help you understand that the NHS has agreed to > fund an anti-cancer treatment ? or a picture of a beardy man > explain the situation in Iraq ? > > If people had problems reading the text of the stories then > those images would only confuse them more. > > > > > On 6/9/06, Jonathan Chetwynd < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Where are the feeds with live graphics? > > About One in Five people in the UK is functionally > illiterate**, they need and benefit from images. > > http://www.peepo.co.uk/mybbc/grab.png is how a simple css > user style sheet can transform http://news.bbc.co.uk however > for the present it would be great if a feed could provide > something similar. > > cheers > > Jonathan Chetwynd > > ** http://www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/mosergroup/rep01.htm > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/ > mailing_list.html . Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail- archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > You can't build a reputation based on what you are going to do. > > > > > -- > You can't build a reputation based on what you are going to do. > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
