On 05/02/2020 10:35, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 09:57:16 +0000, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote:
Thanks, but I knew that, and it seems to me rather strange that an own
BBC 30 years' old series should be subject to such a constraint, and
wondered if anyone happened to know anything more specific.
Depends on the rights the BBC obtained, or could obtain or can obtain, for
anything included in that episode. Incidental music, "guest" actor/actress,
etc...
Older stuff can, possibly a little counter-intuitively, be more
problematic than recent material, as, at the time it was made, there was
no expectation that the BBC would ever want repeat transmission rights
for anything other than broadcast TV. The only other distribution
method, at the time, would have been home video, and the rights to that
were often negotiated separately so that those involved in the
production could get their cut there, too. Since iPlayer is neither home
video nor broadcast, there's nothing to cover it in the original contracts.
Mark
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