Fantastic news! Our correspondent writes that the BBC has decided to release the 2004 Reith Lectures in downloadable DRM-free mp3 – they should be available on the site tonight.
A great move, and hopefully the shape of things to come.
I wonder what the licence is, and whether derivative works from the lectures? The thought of DJ Dangermouse releasing ReithHop mash-ups might be an advance too far for Radio 4 stalwarts for now…
Ironically, the subect of this year’s lecture series given by playwright Wole Soyinka is “The Climate of Fear” – good to see Auntie (at least BBC Radio & Music Interactive… other recent news has not been as encouraging) bucking the trend.
Petafloptimism 
Of course don’t forget that all these Tweenies songs are available from bbc.co.uk as downloadable DRM free MP3s too you old misery 😉
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/songtime/
My favourite song is “Ahoy There Me Hearties”
We dance all night
We love to sail
We love to fight
We never wash or brush our hair
Poo-wee!!!
We smell so bad
We just don’t care!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/songtime/songs/a/ahoytheremehearties.shtml
This is indeed good news
Fantastic news! Our correspondent writes that the BBC has decided to release the 2004 Reith Lectures in downloadable DRM-free mp3 – they should be available on the site tonight. from blackbeltjones [but then I am biased]…
BBC experiments with mp3
From City of Sound, via Matt Jones: But an equally big deal … is that we managed to push through offering this year’s BBC Reith Lectures as DRM-free, mp3 downloads. They’ll be added to the site after each lecture (looks
BBC releases Reith Lectures online as MP3s
For those of you who don’t know, basically my job at the moment is to be one-half of a rapid-prototyping and R&D unit with Matt Webb over at the part of the BBC that handles the interactive aspects of the…
BBC releases Reith Lectures online as MP3s
For those of you who don’t know, basically my job at the moment is to be one-half of a rapid-prototyping and R&D unit with Matt Webb over at the part of the BBC that handles the interactive aspects of the…