I was amazed that they're even considering opening up their archive, given that if it's going to include anything which isn't natural history or news / in-house documentaries, I can't see how there's NOT going to be royalties and copyright ownership disputes. How is this being done, and what content is being used in the trial? I can easily see how the trial would be UK-only, given those very same rights issues... Maybe the BBC's been doing some serious rights negotiations behind the scenes in preparation for this trial?
_____ From: Richard P Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 April 2007 20:47 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC Archive trial Hey Tom, By making it UK centric, isn't the BBC missing the public values of an awful lot of us that no longer inhabit that island all year? Or are there pages written in Polish etc, just to please the total UK population..... I wish the Trust would accept BBC internet presence for what it is, a part of the World-Wide Web. (Not sarcastic, as I am a firm believer that I am English wherever I happen to be, especially as a UK tax payer.) Regards RichE On 18 Apr 2007, at 19:30, Tom Loosemore wrote: On 18/04/07, Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 16:39 +0100 18/4/07, Ian Forrester wrote: >Hi All, > >Outside of the framework debate... > >The BBC Archive trial is getting closer to opening its doors. >Exclusively I can now tell you that the register your interest form >is up (16:30). So if your interested in taking part in the trial, go >to http://bbc.co.uk/archive now. Many thanks for your time - unfortunately due to the specifications of this trial, we are not currently aiming to recruit past or present BBC staff. !!! yep, and quite right too, if the BBC Trust's decision making is not just impartial but seen to be impartial. Allowing BBC staff past or present to join put the latter at risk, since the data from this trial will form the core empirical input into the BBC Trust's Public Value Test on the Open Archive (which is separate from iPlayer 'catch up' Public Value Test, the decision on which is due soonish. That's why they need so much personal data, to make sure the sample is balanced across a whole series of dimensions to reflect the UK population as a whole (hence UK only) We're also gonna release 50 hours for download by anyone in the UK, whether on the trial or not. - oh, and it's all non-DRM'd, albeit geo-IP'd
