Yes, I understood. The instant the content was in a fixed form (which is required for broadcast, obviously), it is protected by copyright (US law).
There are plenty of people who don't understand what "public domain" even MEANS. Some think if something has been broadcast "for free" or "publicly," then that's enough. Some think if they can download it for free, then that's enough. As you wrote, people routinely violate copyright law. Some of them do so knowingly, others out of ignorance. Thus my advice for the poster to assume the footage IS copyright and act accordingly. Cheers, Edward On Sep 6, 2013, at 3:41 AM, Rieni <[email protected]> wrote: No, what I meant is, is that broadcasting copyrighted material on TV doesn't turn it into public domain footage :-) A lot of people think that. But people are too easy with finding excuses for violating copyrights anyway. Rieni At 3-9-2013 00:56, Edward Martin wrote: > > >"Also, if something has been broadcasted on TV, it doesn't >automatically mean that it's "public domain footage"." > >Probably just the opposite, in fact. > >Assume it's copyrighted legally and ask permission. > >Cheers, > >Edward
