Hi Guys,
I am always interested in the copyright issues that arrive in this
discussion from time to time.
Regarding the BBC, has anyone thought to ask their lawyers to simply
put a clause in to their
own license contract agreement?
At least then one would be able to make informed decisions based on
the cost of using such
images or any other copyrighted works in this area.
I would suggest that the BBC also works in the commercial world in
this respect, and I cannot
see any reason why, as an example, Associated Press would take the
BBC to court and win
over a case connected with equality or disability. If the BBC would
like to use un-copyrighted
material, then I am sure that the public can help..... or that they
themselves have enough strength to
make it happen the way that they wish.
Please can someone call the BBC legal department and ask if this is
possible, otherwise we will
be going around in circles again.... meanwhile holding back
creativity for the sake of legal
insanity.
Regards
Richard Edwards
On 13 Jun 2006, at 10:24, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
Matthew,
sorry was replying to DED rather than CA
would that be double indemnity ~:"
cheers
Jonathan Chetwynd
On 13 Jun 2006, at 09:20, Matthew Somerville wrote:
Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
given the BBC's remit might this mean they need to ensure that
they have copyright clearance, if they need it?
--
"The Disability Equality Duty will apply, from December 2006, to
the BBC , Channel 4 and the Welsh Fourth Channel (S4C). "
Right, but that's irrelevant to my point. That simply means that
those organisations have to put the effort in to promoting
disability equality, it has nothing to do with when you can legally
make copies of stuff without infringing someone's copyright.
--
Sorry, I don't understand. The whole point of the Copyright
(Visually Impaired Persons) Act is that it enables (some) people to
make accessible versions of (some) copyright material for visually
impaired people without needing to clear it with the copyright
holder, whoever they are. So who would the BBC need to ensure they
have copyright clearance with, and what for?
ATB,
Matthew
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