BBC joins p2p file share crowd
p2p news / p2pnet: Britain’s national broadcast corporation, the BBC, has joined the online p2p file sharing crowd.
And it’s official.
"For the first time in its history BBC News is opening its archives to the UK public for a trial period," says the Beeb on its file share web site.
"You can download nearly 80 news reports covering iconic events of the past 50 years including the fall of the Berlin Wall, crowds ejecting soldiers from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and behind-the-scenes footage of the England team prior to their victory over West Germany in 1966.
"You are welcome to download the clips, watch them, and use them to create something unique. This is a pilot and we want to understand your creative needs. We’d like to see your productions and showcase some of the most interesting ones we receive."
Download archived news footage, "but please remember it is not wholly BBC owned," warns the BBC. Some copyright is still retained by the independent programme makers, and the musicians, performers and artists who created it.
"We are not in a position to let you sell it, or sell on products you create with it, for example, or allow you to use it to endorse your charity or business," it says, adding:
"We ask you to agree to the conditions of the Creative Archive Licence before you can download the files offered here and also that you attach the same Creative Archive Licence to anything you create with it."
December 13th, 2005 at 10:35 pm
i tried it. here’s the message:
Sorry, you’ve been declined because our system shows that you are outside the UK.
The BBC has decided to limit access to its archives in this pilot to UK residents to ensure best value for the UK licence fee. Users outside of the UK are not able to access clips and programmes that form part of this pilot. Regrettably we are therefore unable to offer you content and would like to apologise for any disappointment.
December 13th, 2005 at 10:41 pm
i didn’t see any mention about it being p2p. only links to download clips.
December 13th, 2005 at 11:27 pm
The BBC has another project underway known as iMP (Interactive Media Player). This is also in the “trial” stage and does allow P2P sharing of TV programmes. These programmes are not necessarily historical items from the archives, but more like the latest episode of East Enders. It uses Microsoft’s DRM technology and programmes expire after 7 days.
Creative Archive is not P2P.
iMP also requires the user to reside in the UK – essentially have a UK IP address.
December 14th, 2005 at 3:09 am
Good point catflap, thanks 4 pointing that out
December 14th, 2005 at 3:57 am
proxy time!
December 14th, 2005 at 12:29 pm
why not try a uk proxy server?