A BBC project to make its archive available online has been criticised by an MP, who fears it could spark a new trade in illegal downloads. Derek Wyatt, chairman of the All Party Internet Group, said he plans to investigate the cor-poration's plans for its Creative Archive - a publicly accessible store of BBC material. He fears that the corporation's initiative to take the lead on publishing archive material could have wide-ranging consequences, and points to illegal down-loading which has plagued the music industry in recent years.
A BBC project to make its archive available online has been criticised by an MP, who fears it could spark a new trade in illegal downloads. Derek Wyatt, chairman of the All Party Internet Group, said he plans to investigate the cor-poration's plans for its Creative Archive - a publicly accessible store of BBC material. He fears that the corporation's initiative to take the lead on publishing archive material could have wide-ranging consequences, and points to illegal down-loading which has plagued the music industry in recent years.

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