On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 23:17:46 +0000, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: >> 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. > > I see, bit of a bummer, but thanks for the explanation. Certainly, it > does seem counter-intuitive and somewhat ridiculous that we can't > download such an old but popular series. I loved both Yes Minister and > Yes Prime Minister, but have none of them recorded.
Both available as boxed sets on DVD... aka "home video". B-) -- Cheers Dave. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
