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MikeNF on 04/15/2009 at 04:45PM
BBC is down with CC-by-nc
In awesome creative commons news, the BBC has come out with a new web show called R&DTV, made specifically to be remixed, rechopped, and reused. The show is, in their own words, "a monthly technology programme made up of interviews from knowledgeable BBC developers, BBC project experts and experts from around the world." and they've gone out of their way to promote the CC license while they're at it. The show is available in just about any format you could want (Ogg Theora, flash, quicktime, .avi, .mkv, .mp4), as an rss feed from their ftp site. , and on youtube. Serious brownie points for Ogg Theora.
The show's website above has a lot more info, but the first episode features Kevin Rose (from digg, for those new to the internet) and Nicholas Negroponte (founder of OLPC). The cinematrogophy is pretty tight, and there are plenty of soundbites and video sequences to be mined for fun, the segment on surround video is particularly good. Even if it's not exactly as rich a resource as, let's say, The Colbert Report, it's still a pretty fantastic precedent. The effort is impressive, especially for a pilot episode, and I cannot wait to see what they put into #2.
The BBC departments behind the project are RAD (rapid application development) and BBC Backstage, both of which merit some exploration (that means you should click to read more).
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