July 2005

July 25, 2005
BBC rights clearance moves forward

Three months into the pilot to make its programming available for the UK public to use under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence, the BBC announces that it is currently digitising nearly 100 extracts from its archives. The material will be released as part of an exciting campaign with a radio station, details of which will be announced within the next month so watch this space.

July 20, 2005
Teachers TV joins the CALG

Teachers TV, the new digital TV channel for teaching professionals, has joined the group working to create the Creative Archive Licence.

July 04, 2005
Dust to Gold: the aesthetics of digital archives

Vast amounts of the knowledge and creative output of the last century is fated to turn to dust. Through technology we can blow off the dust and liberate these archives. Content can become the starting point for new stories instead of the final resting place for old ones.