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26 May 04
In a significant step forward towards the opening of a portion of the BBC's archives, the BBC today made their intentions for the Creative Archives clearer to other UK broadcasters and public sector organisations. The Creative Archive, which was announced by Greg Dyke in 2003, planned to offer the British public free access to the BBC's audio and video programming.
This afternoon the first meeting of an external consultative panel, which included many UK media holders, heard that the BBC will base the Creative Archive usage licence on the Creative Commons (CC) model. The CC model turns copyright on its head by explaining the ways that the content can be used rather than saying it cannot - or Some Rights Reserved as they put it. By happy coincidence, Creative Commons 2.0 was released yesterday.
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