British Groups Launch Creative Archive License

icerunner wrote in to mention that several British institutions have banded together to create the Creative Archive License. From the announcement: "BBC, Channel 4, British Film Institute and OU (Open University) issue call to action for 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." We've previously covered this as The BBC Creative Archive.

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Re:downloads will be limited to UK only

[stratjakt]

Then maybe the Brits need their own private distribution methods (ie; their TV sets), rather than trying to carve up the Internet a la the Great Firewall of China?

Re:downloads will be limited to UK only

[CrosbieFitch]

Since when did commissioned art automatically become forbidden to those who did not participate in its commissioning?

That is the thinking that comes from having a sesame seed as a brain (similar to a peanut brain, but when squashed has a nicer tasting oil extract).