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BBC Presents An Open News Archive

Posted by Zonk on from the news-remixed dept.

Cus writes "The BBC have opened a section of their news archive under a Creative Archive license. Nearly 80 items covering the last 50 years are available, with the full list available on their site. Paul Gerhardt the project director of the Creative Archive License Group, from the official announcement: 'The BBC's telling of those stories is part of our heritage, and now that the UK public have the chance to share and keep them we're keen to know how they will be used.'"

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  1. Re:Wikimedia by gowen · · Score: 0, Troll
    In my eyes this constitutes an abuse of the word "open".
    Quick! Roll back the process. A blogger thinks you're abusing the English language. Woe! Tumult! etc.
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