Thank You

[Colin Law]

On 4 November 2014 11:18, Alan Milewczyk <alan at soulman1949.com> wrote:
> 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!

I did not say it belongs to me, I said it belongs to the British
people.  Also I did not say we had unfettered rights, I pointed out
that copyright and royalty issues prevent that.

Colin

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> On 04/11/2014 11:11, Colin Law wrote:
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>> On 4 November 2014 11:01, Alan Milewczyk <alan at soulman1949.com> wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>> 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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