…Wide shot of the sea with Israeli military speed boat moving;…Israeli Army drops White Phosphorus bombs on Gaza residential areas; …White smoke ascending the sky; …Black smoke rising after shelling in residential area; …Hamas logo top left on screen; …Explosion near the camera as the result of Israeli bombing at Hamas stronghold; …Various smoke and audio background exchange of fire from Hamas; …Israeli tank passing near Hamas position releasing huge white smoke to disguise vision; …Homeless Gaza residents cooking food in open space after the demolition of their homes; …Lady praying to God for help…

Dit komt uit een omschrijving van een van talloze filmpjes die gratis en legaal te downloaden zijn vanaf een site van Al Jazeera, speciaal met footage van het conflict in Gaza. Al Jazeera Creative Commons Repository

Het Arabische nieuws netwerk is de eerste die nieuwsbeelden op deze manier aanbiedt. Zo staat het op de site:

This is the first time that video footage produced by a news broadcaster is released under the ‘Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution’ license which allows for commercial and non-commercial use.

“Video news footage is an essential part of modern journalism. Providing material under a Creative Commons license to allow commercial and amateur users to share, edit, subtitle and cite video news is an enormous contribution to the global dialog around important events. Al Jazeera has set the example and the standard that we hope others will follow.” Joi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons

With the flexibility of Creative Commons licensing we expect to introduce our outstanding coverage to an even wider audience across the world.

As a pioneer in news and media Al Jazeera is always looking for ways to make its unique content accessible to audiences across the world and the launch of Al Jazeera’s Creative Commons Repository is another concrete step in this direction.

Through doing this we intend to make a practical contribution to the debate on one of the biggest issues facing content producers today – copyright in the internet age.

“Al Jazeera is teaching an important lesson about how free speech gets built and supported. By providing a free resource for the world, the network is encouraging wider debate, and a richer understanding.” Professor Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons