Thank You

[Alan Milewczyk]

Yawn, is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour?

On 04/11/2014 11:33, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
>
>> A
>>
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>> 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
>>>>>