The Open News Archive of the BBC is now in pilot and available for use in the UK only. We can get a bit of an idea what is going on by reading their vision statement.
"We're often asked: Why is the BBC involved in piloting the Creative Archive Licence and only releasing a small amount of material? Why don't we just get on with it and open up as much of the archive as possible?
How you share and what you do with BBC clips will have great impact.
Well, this is an entirely new kind of service from the BBC. For the first time we are sharing content with the public, who have already paid for it, and also allowing you to share it with others - as long as it is not used for commercial purposes. The Creative Archive is also about the potential of technology and the ways in which we can now all create moving images, as well as consume them.
So, for the Creative Archive to be a part of the future BBC, there are some important things to find out. How many people are likely to use this service? Are the legal arrangements clear? And with the Creative Archive being free, what is its impact on the existing commercial market for tv, film and sound?
How you use these clips, extracts and programmes will certainly have an impact on our research. The answers will help to decide the future of the Creative Archive from the BBC. Meanwhile, our partners in the Creative Archive Licence Group are also testing their own ideas in partnership with their audiences."
The download totals of the CALG are quite revealing. Hamlet's "ghost scene" was downloaded over 1,000 times in November, and it seems the totals are increasing over time. The new BBC footage should be popular, but I can't tell if they will share their results.
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