Greek citizens, but also citizens of other countries, we jointly sign this text on the occasion of ERT’s choice to distribute its audiovisual archive non-freely to the public. Our aim and ambition is to publicize our propositions so that they become the starting point of an open dialog among the Greek society, the European and global public audience and to signal the revision of backward policies and the creation of common political wealth.
Few days ago, the ERT administration presented the beginning of the availability, only via Internet streaming, of a part of its audiovisual archive. This move constitutes an important first step, which, however, in our opinion, is tarnished by the fact that the public availability of the archive is not made free, although the Greek and European citizens have paid their money to make the production and digitization of the archive feasible.
To which I can only say: σωστά. (Via Open Access News.)
you are so right man,,,the last year i am reading your blog... you where an inspiration for my little blog too...
ReplyDeleteThe point is that ert is not only a public service but it's a part of our post 60s history. The archives of ert are important for us as it's the archive of our modern history.
Technically it sounds like the BBC iplayer controversy in greek. The thing is that in contrast with the UK we are not the biggest Linux communitie of the world :(
Thanks.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that the iPlayer has shown is that even a few people can make a difference: so I enourage you and your mates in Greece to start making a fuss - people do notice. But if nobody complains, organisations like ERT will just do what they want.