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-review/consultation/consult_view > On 26 February 2010 15:26, Tom Holden <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps the same day on which they announced a 50% reduction of the size of > their website is not the best time... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bod Notbod > Sent: 26 February 2010 3:22 PM > To: [email protected] > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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