[Rumori] BBC to put its entire archive online

[Vicki Bennett]

It's so amazing that it's almost unbelievable.  This is the best 
thing that could possibly happen, for such a prestigious (and 
somewhat conservative at times) organisation to be saying that they 
are not scared to do this.  It will hopefully affect/shake up some 
other UK archives too, like Pathé News, who received a lot of money 
from the National Lottery (where much of our arts funding comes from 
here) to put their archives online for free download and haven't kept 
their word, they are charging for downloads.

Vicki

>i find this so incredible,  they will need a server the size of w(h)ales.
>imagine every peel show..........
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>Vicki Bennett wrote:
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>>  Oh!  Much fun to be had!!!
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>>  >The BBC has gone public with its intention to find a way to put the
>>  >entire content of its radio and TV archives online. I know some of
>>  >the details of this project, and I couldn't be more excited.
>>  >
>>  >"I believe that we are about to move into a second phase of the
>>  >digital revolution, a phase which will be more about public than
>>  >private value; about free, not pay services; about inclusivity, not
>>  >exclusion.
>>  >
>>  >"In particular, it will be about how public money can be combined
>>  >with new digital technologies to transform everyone's lives."
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>>  ><http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3177479.stm>Link
>>  ><http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/DgvjsDiJZ3y>Discuss (via
>>  ><http://slashdot.org>/.)
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