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BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

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Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

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Post by nottorp »

tgv wrote: post #6
nsgi wrote: post #3

Bit of a shame the license is so restrictive you can't even use it in non-profit organisations without permission. Wondering what you can realistically do with them other than using one for a ringtone on your phone

If you're a "media" producer, you can use them to build your game, soundtrack, presentation, etc. Once you're satisfied, and the product will be published, you can decide to get a license. You've seen the price: buying such licenses beforehand is only for dedicated professionals.

Can you actually buy a license from the BBC for these?

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

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Post by JdeBP »

nottorp wrote: post #21
tgv wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're a "media" producer, you can use them to build your game, soundtrack, presentation, etc. Once you're satisfied, and the product will be published, you can decide to get a license. You've seen the price: buying such licenses beforehand is only for dedicated professionals.

Can you actually buy a license from the BBC for these?

Go to the actual BBC page, the RES Acropolis one that has been pointed to in this very discussion several times, and your question is answered in the third sentence.

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

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Post by mongol »

Daviey wrote: post #16
dylz wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> where you may earn some revenue through adverts This is commercial use and paid.

It really isn't as clear as that. Most youtube videos are not monetised, but the status could change years later. Further, in an hour long video, using a 5 second audio clip with an advertising revenue of £0.10 is considered commercial and a payment?

Yes

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

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Post by pmachinery »

dylz wrote: post #2

Non-blogspam url: http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk (2018) dang, is it possible to change the URL for this submission? The site linked loads 30+ ad slots and attempts to seemingly canvas fingerprint users.

I don't know who/what "happymag" is (took too long to load so I gave up) or where they ranked yesterday but they're now the second result (after the link you posted) for BBC sound effects. The power of HN?

Judging by the date I guessed this has probably been submitted before, and it has, with similar discussion about the license/licence which renders it pretty much useless (something I've noticed before about the BBC when searching for free to use sound effects):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16864050

Particularly disappointing for an organization funded by the public to the tune of around five billion US dollars every year and when the sound effects themselves, while being interesting and potentially useful, are now ancient.

Edit: curious why this is downvoted. I thought it was interesting that being on HN might have such a drastic result on "SEO"; I posted a link to a previous discussion people might find interesting (it must be, since someone else also subsequently posted the same link); and I expressed the view that it's disappointing a very well funded public broadcaster couldn't release with fewer restrictions material that is ~35+ years old. Doesn't seem particularly controversial to me.

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

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Post by Uehreka »

Daviey wrote: post #16
dylz wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> where you may earn some revenue through adverts This is commercial use and paid.

It really isn't as clear as that. Most youtube videos are not monetised, but the status could change years later. Further, in an hour long video, using a 5 second audio clip with an advertising revenue of £0.10 is considered commercial and a payment?

Not a lawyer, but I do work with licensed content: In this case you would probable need to pay the licensing fee before turning on ads for any video using assets from this library.

But what if you do it by accident, forgetting that you’d used a licensed asset in this long-published video? Tough cookies.

If you’re going to publish a mix of commercial and non-commercial content, you’d best be using some sort of tagging system to keep track of which videos use assets from which libraries. Because if you mess up, it’s on you.

We frequently run into this issue when a vendor gets bought by another company who doesn’t want to renew their contract with us: At that point we have to use our tagging system to find any content using assets from that library and either pull it or find replacements from somewhere else.

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

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Post by jansan »

nsgi wrote: post #3

Bit of a shame the license is so restrictive you can't even use it in non-profit organisations without permission. Wondering what you can realistically do with them other than using one for a ringtone on your phone

You mean non-profits like Mozilla, where the CEO makes $2.5 million a year? Yeah, they should be able to pay for this just as any other company.
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