BBC他、ウェブでアーカイブ（の一部？）を公開へ

BBCプレスリリース 'Creative Archive Licence Group launches: BBC, Channel 4, British Film Institute and OU issue call to action for the Creative Archive Licence'

Media and arts organisations, universities and libraries have today been urged to join an innovative new scheme designed to give the public access to footage and sound from some of the largest film, television and radio archives in the UK, as well as specially commissioned material.

The BBC, Channel 4, the British Film Institute (bfi) and The Open University (OU) have today launched the Creative Archive Licence, which will pave the way for legal downloading of selected material from the internet.
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The Creative Archive Licence will give a new generation of media users legal access to material which they can use to express their creativity and share their knowledge – all completely free of charge.
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The Creative Archive Licence will allow people to download and use footage and audio for non-commercial purposes. Each user will agree to abide by the licence conditions before gaining access to any of the available material....

BBC、Channel 4、British Film Institute、Open University がアーカイブにあるコンテンツの一部をウェブ上で順次公開していくようだ。ライセンス方式は Creative Commons 流になるらしい。今のところサイトが立ち上がっているだけでコンテンツの提供はこれからのようだが、楽しみだ。
サイト：http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/
FAQ：http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/archives/what_is_the_creative_archive/project_faqs/index.html
ライセンス内容：http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/03/the_rules_in_br_1.html

今でさえBBCはNHKより段違いに多くの情報をウェブで提供しているのに、差は更に拡大するのだろう。民放・新聞はいい加減NHKによるウェブでの情報提供を妨害するのを止めて欲しい。

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あらら、ちょっとよろしくない話が。ライセンスの中身に

The Creative Archive content is made available to broadband users within the UK for use [primarily] within the UK.

とある。この primarily というのはどういうことだろう。