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Free up your creativity - free movies Find it, Rip it, Mix it, Share it The Creative Archive Trial No matter what anyone says about the web being all about 'information delivery', the great change in the use of the internet today is happening around things people can 'play a part in'.  Creativity, the growth of access to pwerful computer technology in the home and the flexibility of modern ICT means that this is no longer a passive one way medium any more. Was it ever though? By far the most popular activities are about people doing things, and the social side, even if it is just sharing information by word of mouth, has been at the core of what many people do. You will hear more and more bout 'Web 2.0' in the near future.  Its not a complicated ugrade of the internet, but it does refer to those 'things' on the web that link people together and allow people to find, create, republish, reinterpret and share.  More elsewhere in iTech on this soon. In the meantime, no greater indicator of the change Web 2.0 brings is the established media - and in this case the BBC. Join our forum and tell us what you do with your computer. Share it? The BBC has been releasing material under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence as a pilot project. This pilot is now over and the BBC's future involvement in the Creative Archive Licence is now subject to a Public Value Test. Find out more about the public value test. In the Creative Archive Licence pilot the BBC released material from various sections of its archive. The first release of material, in conjunction with Radio 1 and 1Xtra, was called "Superstar VJs" and included material specifically chosen to appeal to artists who create live visual effects to music. The second release of material under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence was in conjunction with BBC News. The Open News Archive saw reports featuring some of the most significant events of the last 30 years made available for the UK public. The archive included reports on the demolition of the Berlin Wall, radio reports from Tiananmen Square and the reports on the Ethiopian famine that sparked Live Aid. The Natural History Unit in Bristol was the next department to open its archives through the Creative Archive Licence. In this campaign hundreds of items including still photographs were released including previously unseen footage from the new series of Planet Earth and clips featuring luminaries such as Sir David Attenborough and Bill Oddie. Local news footage from the North East and South West of England was then released in the Devon on Film, Cornwall on Film, Humber on Film and Lincolnshire on Film archives. This material aimed to allow local communities access to the events that have shaped their area and released a wide variety of material featuring extreme weather conditions, industrial disputes, celebrity visits and local disasters. The BBC Schools site has also released a variety of clips specifically designed for use in the classroom and as aids to learning. The Open Schools archive allows teachers and students to deepen their understanding of core subjects using BBC archive material. The final campaign featured material from the very beginning of the BBC's television service, releasing content which revealed the aspirations, techniques and content of the earliest TV broadcasts were released. This included footage of the coronation of George VI, films showing the workings of the first television studios and programmes which show how the BBC thought about this new service. The release of this material was intended to allow the British public to see the changes in our country through the service that was created to document it. Links: http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/a2z.shtml Terms of use: http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/