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BBC - BBC News The Open News Archive - Fuel for a Creative Nation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/

For the first time in its history BBC News is opening its archives to the UK public for a trial period. 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.

Before you start downloading, there are certain terms and conditions you must read and agree to, about how the clips can 
be used. Find out more about the rules in brief and all you need to know about this trial.

Terms and Conditions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/rules.shtml
All You Need To KNow About This Trial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/intro.shtml


BBC - BBC News The Open News Archive - Fuel for a Creative Nation - About the 
Creative Archive Licence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/rules

Introduction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/intro.shtml
The rules in brief
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/rules.shtml
Full text of the licence
http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/licence/nc_sa_by_ne/uk/prov/
FAQs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/faqs.shtml


Terms and Conditions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/rules.shtml
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The Rules in Brief
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/rules.shtml

The Creative Archive Licence is a product of the collaboration between the BBC, the bfi, Channel 4, the Open University 
and Teachers'TV and is a single, shared user license scheme. This short explanation outlines in brief how the license 
works. Please remember that this is a summary, and we would like you to read the full version and agree to accept the 
terms and conditions before you download any content.


Non-commercial

Anything you create using the available content must be for your own non-commercial use. This means that you can share 
it freely with family and friends and use the content for educational purposes (which includes for non-endorsing 
faith-based educational purposes). You may not, however, sell or profit financially in any way from the use of the 
content, for example, artists can't charge admission fees to exhibit work they've produced with the content.

Share-Alike

You are welcome to share the works (we call them 'Derivative Works') you produce with this content. If you do want to 
share your Derivative Works, please make sure you do so under the terms of the Creative Archive License, and make sure 
you 'credit' (see below) all creators and contributors whose content is included in the Derivative Works.

Crediting (Attribution)

This is your chance to make sure everyone knows what you've done, but you also need to make sure that others who have 
contributed to a work (a Derivative Work) are credited too. It's up to you how creatively you acknowledge others' 
contributions!

No Endorsement and No derogatory use

We want you to get creative with the content we've made available for you but please don't use it for endorsement, 
campaigning, defamatory or derogatory purposes. Whilst faith-based organisations may use the content for resource and 
teaching purposes they must take care not to breach the requirements of 'No Endorsement' as set out in the terms of the 
License. Equally, Educational Establishments may showcase uses of the content within the school environment but may not 
use the content to promote the school or college (e.g. on a school website). The bottom line is, don't use the content 
to promote political or charitable organisations or for campaigning or promotional purposes, and remember to treat 
others and their work in the way that you'd expect them to treat you and your work...with respect!

UK

The Creative Archive content is made available to internet users for use 
within the UK.

About the Creative Archive Licence
Introduction - The rules in brief - FAQs - Full text of the licence
A new kind of BBC service

This site offers archive news footage for you to access and download. It's an entirely new kind of BBC service - in 
pilot stage - which is not just about enjoying its output but about using it to create content of your own.

We want you to feel free to watch, mix and share the archive content on offer here but please remember it is not wholly 
BBC owned, some copyright is still retained by the independent programme makers, and the musicians, performers and 
artists who created it. This is the reason why we have attached certain terms and conditions to its use and are 
licensing it to you. 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. 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.

The Creative Archive Licence is a full legal document, but you can read the 
rules in brief here.

There's also more about the Creative Archive Licence, and what you can and 
can't use it for, in the 'FAQ' section.
NO COMMERCIAL USAGE
SHARE ALIKE
GIVE CREDIT
NO ENDORSEMENT
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Read more about how the Creative Archive Licence works.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/faqs.shtml
About the Creative Archive Licence
Introduction - The rules in brief - FAQs - Full text of the licence

Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/faqs.shtml

Why is BBC News offering these clips for download?
What archive footage is available?
What is the Creative Archive Licence?
What are 'the terms of the Creative Archive Licence'?
What format are the BBC News clips available in?
I'm having problems downloading, what's wrong?
My info bar is stopping me downloading files. Why?
My downloads start playing immediately, with no option to save them. Help!
Why do some clips go black in the middle?
Why isn't the News audio in stereo?
Why is the Creative Archive Licence restricted to the UK?
I'm a UK licence fee payer currently overseas. How do I access the BBC's 
content?
Can UK-based education and/or faith-based organisations use the content?
How does the Creative Archive Licence differ from the Creative Commons 
Licence?
How will the Creative Archive Licence benefit those who created the content 
in the first place?
Can I show this material to others?
What if I want to use the content in a commercial project?
What is attribution and how do I do it?
Will the Creative Archive Licence Group use DRM?
How much enforcement of the Creative Archive Licence will be done?
Why is BBC News offering these clips for download?

BBC News is offering them as part in an 18-month BBC-wide trial to introduce and test the novel concept behind the 
recently-launched Creative Archive Licence. You'll find nearly 80 reports from the BBC's news archive here for you to 
get creative with under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence. Feel free to download them and use them as a fuel for 
your own creative endeavours.

BBC News will be monitoring the demand for this footage and may announce plans for a competition around the material in 
the New Year. During this trial we want to better understand what kind of material and formats you prefer to use so that 
we can best prioritise digitisation and rights clearance. We also hope to better understand how you will engage with the 
archive content in the future so please tell us if you've done something interesting with them, and send us your 
creations. as we would like to showcase them on this site.
back to top What archive footage is available?

The BBC footage, made available in Quicktime, Windows Media, MPEG1 and MP3 formats, includes some of the most iconic 
news events of the last 50 years from Michael Burke’s report on the Ethiopian drought in 1984 to the Zeebrugge ferry 
disaster. There is also black and white footage of the England team preparing to meet West Germany in the 1966 World Cup 
final. Click here to browse our archive.
back to top What is the Creative Archive Licence?

The Creative Archive Licence contains the legal rules that you must comply with in order to use and downoad the archive 
content of any of the Creative Archive Licence Group members. Read the full Creative Archive Licence.
back to top What are 'the terms of the Creative Archive Licence'?

There are certain terms and conditions attached to using this content. Before you can download content you must read the 
Creative Archive Licence in full and agree to its terms and conditions but you can read the rules in brief here.
back to top What format are the BBC News clips available in?

You can download the reports as either Quicktime, Windows Media, MPEG1 and/or MP3 files. We chose these three formats 
because our research indicates that they will hit the widest spread of users throughout the UK across the widest spread 
of operating systems and editing applications. We aren’t using Real because although it’s fine for streaming media, it’s 
not a format suitable for downloading and editing.

You may experience some problems playing MPEG files. If the file looks jerky on playback it may be because your 
processor isn't fast enough to play the file smoothly. Try downloading one of the other file formats instead.

We hope that we can build some consensus in deciding how to proceed with future formats, and that's why we're inviting 
your feedback on these and other important issues for the Creative Archive Licence Group. Tell us whether our formats 
are right for you.
back to top I'm having problems downloading, what's wrong?

You probably have your cookies turned off. For the uninitiated, a cookie is a small text file that is sent to your 
computer via your web browser when you visit some websites including bbc.co.uk. These cookies are used to store 
information about you. The Superstar VJ sites use cookie files to remember you so that you can make multiple downloads 
in any one session online and don't have to sign in again between downloads.

So if you're having problems downloading Creative Archive Licensed files from us, please ensure that your browser 
supports cookies and is enabled to accept them from bbc.co.uk.
back to top My info bar is stopping me downloading files. Why?

The information bar at the top of my browser that you are seeing is a security enhancement of Windows XP SP2 designed to 
protect you from inadvertently downloading unrequested content. When you try to download files from Superstar VJs, 
you'll always receive an "automatic download alert" in the information bar at the top of the page instead of just seeing 
the download window. Think of it as an "Are you really sure you want to download this file?" double-check mechanism. 
When you receive such a message, and you do want to go ahead with the download process, just click on the information 
bar and select the "download file" option.
back to top My downloads start playing immediately, with no option to save 
them. Help!

If you're having trouble downloading, in that the clips automatically launch in your browser or media players on your 
PC, simply right click, go to "Save as" and save your file in the folder of your choice. If you have a Mac, hold down 
control key and click on the link.
back to top Why do some clips go black in the middle?

This may occasionally happen during clips where we have been unable to get copyright clearance on small sections of 
non-BBC footage included in the report. It may occasionally occur to substitute embargoed footage that the BBC is unable 
to show for example, interior shots of the Houses of Parliament. We have tried, as far as the narrative allowed, to edit 
the clips to avoid any black holes occuring.
back to top Why isn't the News audio in stereo?

When news reports are put together, producers keep the audio of the actuality (scenes of events unfolding) on one track 
and the reporter's voice over on another. The tracks aren't mixed together but kept separate (mono). This is because the 
actuality will normally be reused many times in story updates and related news items over the years. Some content does 
have a mixed audio track and that is because it has been taken from the original broadcast as archive clips were 
unavailable.
back to top Why is the Creative Archive Licence restricted to the UK?

The archive content made available by members of the Creative Archive Licence Group under the terms of the Creative 
Archive Licence is restricted to the UK because the member organisations who supply the content are funded with public 
money to serve the UK population. They are therefore unable to bear the cost of distribution to overseas audiences. In 
addition, there may be broadcast rights restrictions which means that content intended for a UK audience should not be 
made available overseas.
back to top I'm a UK licence fee payer currently overseas. How do I access 
the BBC's content?

The BBC is limiting broadband access to its archive content to people currently living in the UK in order to ensure best 
value for money from the Licence Fee. So even if you've paid the licence fee in the past you won't be able to access the 
archive content if you're currently living outside the UK. We apologise for any disappointment, but regrettably we do 
not currently have the infrastructure to allow all UK citizens and residents, including those presently living abroad, 
to access these broadband services. This position is the same for much of our other broadband content which cannot be 
accessed overseas.
back to top Can UK-based education and/or faith-based organisations use the 
content?

Teachers in UK-based educational establishments are welcome to use resources for teaching purposes under the terms of 
the Creative Archive Licence. An educational establishment is defined in the Creative Archive Licence as: - those bodies 
set out under S174 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, which include schools, universities, higher education 
colleges and colleges of further education - museums accredited by the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) or 
funded/sponsored by the DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport).

Faith-based organisations can use any content licenced under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence for resource and 
teaching purposes provided that such use does not breach the requirements of No-endorsement as set out in the terms of 
the Licence.
back to top How does the Creative Archive Licence differ from the Creative 
Commons Licence?

The Creative Archive Licence is heavily inspired by the Creative Commons Licences. Public service organisations within 
the UK have additional requirements, however, that need to be reflected in the terms under which they licence content. 
The two most obvious of these are the UK-only requirement and the No Endorsement requirement. In addition, the Creative 
Archive Licence seeks to protect the Licensor's moral right of integrity, that is, the right not to have a work treated 
in a derogatory or objectionable way.
back to top How will the Creative Archive Licence benefit those who created 
the content in the first place?

All content made available under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence has been rights cleared and, where 
appropriate, rights holders have been consulted and remunerated to enable such use. If a user wishes to make commercial 
use of any BBC content available through the Creative Archive, a separate licence would be required, and a fee would be 
payable. For details and prices please visit BBC Worldwide's commercial stock shot website: www.bbcmotiongallery.com.
back to top Can I show this material to others?

Yes so long as you are NOT being paid to display it and/or the public is given FREE entry to see your work. The BBC 
content available under the terms of the Creative Archive licence may not be used for commercial purposes so if you are 
being paid to perform and/or the public has paid an entry fee to see your mixes, a separate licence would be required 
and a fee would be payable. For details and prices please visit BBC Worldwide's commercial stock shot website for 
information about BBC footage available for commercial use. We also have a list of links to further commercial resources.
back to top What if I want to use the content in a commercial project?

The BBC content released for this pilot has not been cleared for commercial use so a separate licence would be required, 
and a fee would be payable. For details and prices please visit BBC Worldwide's commercial stock shot website - 
www.bbcmotiongallery.com. Click here for information about footage available for commercial use.
back to top What is attribution and how do I do it?

Attribution is another way of saying "giving credit". The Creative Archive Licence requires that you attribute or credit 
the sources of material you have used in your work. How you credit your sources depends on what you have made and how it 
is presented. For example, if you make an audio mashup and put it on your website for download, then you might want to 
add a short introduction or conclusion that tells people that you made it and names the source material. If you put it 
into a presentation then you might want to add a slide that names your sources.

If you are making a video you will probably have a credit section and you can simply add the sources into your credits. 
Don’t forget yourself in all this - you are part of the creative process as well! To make it easier for the next person, 
who might want to credit you, include yourself in the attribution section wherever you have added your own materials.
back to top Will the Creative Archive Licence Group use DRM?

The archive content released here under the Creative Archive Licence will use limited DRM (Digital Rights Management), 
but not at the cost of user creativity. For instance, to help us identify our source material we will be using a 
patented Video Watermarking technology where a virtual barcode will be embedded into the video clips. This invisible 
stamp can be read through video editing and format changes so that any video sequence can be traced back to its source. 
This will not interfere with legitimate users, but it will assist the BBC if there is an attempt to commercially exploit 
our material.

The BBC is using a technology called GEO-IP filtering to ensure that archive content sourced directly from these BBC 
sites will only be available to UK citizens.
back to top How much enforcement of the Creative Archive Licence will be done?

We will be monitoring the use of archive content in this campaign licensed under the terms of the Creative Archive 
Licence and may, where appropriate, take action to enforce the terms of the Creative Archive Licence. If you see 
material used in a way that contravenes the terms of the Creative Archive Licence, please use this feedback form to 
report the misuse to us.


About the Creative Archive Licence Group.
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http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/

December 13, 2005
Latest Download figures for Creative Archive Licensed clips
http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2005/12/latest_download.html
Here are the latest download figures for the BBC's Superstar VJs clips, the 
bfi's archive and Teachers'TV programming..more
December 13, 2005
Iconic BBC News reports released under Creative Archive Licence
http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2005/12/iconic_bbc_news.html
BBC News Interactive has just released nearly 80 news reports from its 
archives. ..more