Thank You

[Alan Milewczyk]

But they will certainly disagree that their content belongs to you and 
that you have unfettered rights over it. That's what the LOL was for!

A

On 04/11/2014 11:11, Colin Law wrote:
> On 4 November 2014 11:01, Alan Milewczyk <alan at soulman1949.com> wrote:
>> LOL, try arguing that in a court of law! ;-)
> I don't see what is LOL about it, and no court is going to disagree
> with the statement that the BBC belongs to the State.
>
> Colin
>
>>
>> On 04/11/2014 10:25, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On 4 November 2014 09:54, Alan Milewczyk <alan at soulman1949.com> wrote:
>>>> ...The BBC
>>>> is sitting on a massive treasure trove. What makes anyone think they will
>>>> give this up willingly. Ignoring the technical limitations of the BBC
>>>> iPlayer, the BBC lets us "enjoy" THEIR content for a limited period. What
>>>> we
>>>> have with get_iplayer is a way of circumventing the restrictions the BBC
>>>> puts on us.
>>> No, it is not /their/ content it is /ours/.  The British people own
>>> the BBC so the content belongs to us.  Though where the copyright is
>>> owned by others (artists etc) or they have royalty rights, then those
>>> issues also need to be addressed.
>>>
>>> Colin
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