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BBC Opens TV Archive to Remixers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the go-nuts dept.

megla writes "The BBC has opened its Creative Archive to the public, allowing users to be VJs and remix BBC content. The BBC's "current music" radio station, Radio 1, is running a competition in conjunction with the release. Unfortunately, the license the content is released under requires that you are a UK resident to use it." For British residents, however, this is well worth the television license.

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  1. From the agreement. by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 1, Funny

    Unfortunately, the license the content is released under requires that you are a UK resident to use it.

    From the license agreement:

    Furthermore, and hence all licensees must have no greater than three complete teeth in the mouth of the primary licensor and shall use the term "get your knickers in a twist" no less than thrice a day. Finally, all licensees shall hereinforth have a full understanding of the term cockup.

    1. Re:From the agreement. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      all licensees shall hereinforth have a full understanding of the term cockup.

      we Brits understand what a cockup is, of course our American cousins are better at putting it in action.

    2. Re:From the agreement. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was just looking at the photo on your web site. Is that your real forehead, or did you have some sort of extension fitted?

      I can tell that you're an American, because you've A) "found Jesus" and can't shut the fuck up about it, B) you're hideously foul, fat, stupid and ugly and yet can't stop drawing attention to yourself and C) you've only got one joke (British teeth) and you can't even make it sound funny.

      You're from the bible belt - statistically you're far more likely to have dental issues than any British citizen. Is there a reason why you don't open your mouth in that foul photograph of yourself you so foolishly make available to the general public?

  2. UK residents only? Who cares. by planetoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, like they can stop me from remixing the Dr. Who theme song with dogs barking.

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  3. Re:UK residents only? Who cares. by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bark-bark bark, bark-bark bark, bark-bark bark, BARK BARK BARK
    Bark-bark bark, bark-bark bark, bark-bark bark, BARK BARK BARK

    Damn, boy. I think you got a winner here.

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  4. Kosh would say... by PlasticMetal · · Score: 2, Funny

    irrelevant.
    And Sinclair would add as far as 0.009376 of every human being vill care.

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  5. Re:The Beeb by jo42 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yeppers, having 2 minutes of commercials for every minute of content turns yer brain into ICBS mush. And do we really need to see the same ad for the same product 8-10 times during a one hour period?

    Now that I aquire my TV shows through other means, where all the brain sludge has been removed, advertisers can go fork themselves sideways with a stiff wire brush.

  6. Fan Fiction fun :) by davidwr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe Ford Prefect can fight off the Daleks and The Doctor can visit Milliways.

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  7. Re:Screw the license restriction by GrahamCox · · Score: 3, Funny

    I could care less about any 'restrictions

    How much less could you care? We need to know!

  8. Bean there done that... by viva_fourier · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally, now those British Beaniacs can release their 8-year-in-the-making Mr. Bean tributes remixed to include *words*.

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  9. Re:UK residents only? Who cares. by Seumas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Silly Brits. Who do you think you are -- Americans?!

    You can't just go around telling citizens in other nations what licenses and laws they must obey!

  10. Re:I've known about this for a while now. by chartreuse · · Score: 2, Funny

    But which genes are involved when you post a comment to an unrelated story?

  11. Re:The Beeb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    including third World countries who couldn't hope to run a news service of that standard.

    Like the US, for example?

  12. Re:The Beeb by TheoGB · · Score: 2, Funny

    when they go run out and buy one -- when they come back with the police you have a license

    But...then you've just bought a licence. Err. Doesn't that make you officially a failure in the criminal world? Clearly you didn't spend seven years at Evil Medical School to come up with that, did you?

  13. Re:The Beeb by stridebird · · Score: 2, Funny
    And how much leaks out of the faraday cage of a case that most pcs are in?

    It leaks out the same way the broadcast signal came in, my anonymous friend.

    Of course, you can box your antenna in a faraday cage too, that'll work...but your reception may not be so crisp. Read some more of the www.tvlicensing.biz site you quoted to learn about that.