Al Jazeera Offering Its Reports to Other Networks... FOR FREE (Under Creative Commons)

[Kludge]

Unprecedented and a welcome departure from typical American broadcasting policy.

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In order to make the news available worldwide, Al Jazeera has decided to make its content available for “other news sources to use through their Creative Commons website,” the company said. That means news outlets are free to use the organization’s reports and live footage, without getting permission, so long as the borrowers give credit.

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“Braving the same violent attacks by policemen against demonstrators, including physical assaults, rubber bullets, and tear gas, Al Jazeera journalists were on location, doing their jobs, and capturing the scene faced by the Egyptians to help carry their voices to our audience around the world,” Al Jazeera management said in an internal email to staffers today.

Al Jazeera’s website saw a 2500% increase in traffic Friday, with over 50% of that spike coming from the US alone, a company spokesperson said. The company’s servers crashed earlier today, but it has taken steps to beef them up.

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Full text article @ http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/01/al-jazeera-egypt/ (honorable mention to http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110131/03253212891/al-jazeera-offers-up-egypt-coverage-to-anyone-who-wants-to-use-it-under-creative-commons-license.shtml for looking at IP aspect)

All CC reporting is available here: http://cc.aljazeera.net/

Watch Al Jazeera live @ http://english.aljazeera.net/

[nobody's_hero]

Al Jazeera’s website saw a 2500% increase in traffic Friday, with over 50% of that spike coming from the US alone, a company spokesperson said. The company’s servers crashed earlier today, but it has taken steps to beef them up.
Watch Al Jazeera live @ http://english.aljazeera.net/

I hope the Arab world sees that as a positive sign, that not all Americans are asleep.

[ibaghdadi]

I hope the Arab world sees that as a positive sign, that not all Americans are asleep.

I hope so too, we're doing our best to get your voice from here to our people, much as I trust you're getting my voice out to yours!

[nobody's_hero]

I hope so too, we're doing our best to get your voice from here to our people, much as I trust you're getting my voice out to yours!

Been hitting the message boards with that "Most amazing video on the internet" tribute that someone made.

People keep trying to say that this is some Islamic-fundamentalist takeover of Egypt.

But that guy at the 45 second mark (I assume everyone knows who I'm talking about), is the face in the crowd that the MSM does not want people to see.

[dannno]

Been hitting the message boards with that "Most amazing video on the internet" tribute that someone made.



Wha??

[Kýrie eléison]

Wha??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvBJMzmSZI

That's the one he was talking about. Quite good indeed.

[HOLLYWOOD]

HOSNI MUBARAK is SPEAKING now!

LIVE FEED: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[TheDriver]

I've been streaming the channel over the net, I kind-of like it. Too bad they can't compete with Fox, CNN and MSNBC in my area, because I can't stand their coverage of Egyptian Tea Party.