[Konvas] BBC sound ? Rita

[Speedbirdmgh at aol.com]

"What is the benefit for us to send any sound there ? could we using  the
sound made by other involve in it ? Or we just give away  ?"

 
PS,
 
There are no financial benefits but is a great opportunity to highlight  
your part of the world using sound to million's of listeners who would be  
interested in hearing what you hear as you go about your daily life. It's 
really  a "snapshot" in sound of where you live to introduce your town or city to 
the  world. You must remember that 75% of the world service listeners have 
never been  outside their village or town and would love to hear whats going 
on in your  "Planet" 
 
As you know, the copyright belongs to the author and so you will need  
permission to use a recording for commercial projects but most of the recordings 
 were done on a cheap handheld digital machine which is not acceptable for  
most film /TV commissions although many are of a high standard. Listen  to 
the 'longest train in the world' from North Africa, this is a nice example  
but many are not that good. If you send one in then make sure it's not your 
best  recording as someone will no doubt copy it. If you decide to copy one 
of the  tracks then its up to you to decide whether its ethical to use for a 
commercial  project. Have a listen, there are some good sounds here but 
remember that this  is a marketing tool for the BBC to generate more listeners 
and not to take it  too seriously. BBC World Service is financed by the 
Foreign Office as an  information service to the world. Many countries do this 
but some do it better  than others. Voice of Russia has the most powerful 
transmitter and the BBC comes  second but does it in 52 languages 24 hours a 
days.
BBC produce the more scientific and general interest programmes but  lack 
any political theme unlike other countries. Cannot say the same though for  
TV production which sometimes has a strong message!!!
 
Rita