So the facts support the premise that the BBC can embrace this
audience, or let someone else... Google/MSN earn the profit and pay
the BBC for the right.
Is it wrong for the public to be afforded the same right, as in this
case, we are contributors to the original cost of production?
Tom, I'm with you - thank you for your insight.
Two points may help though, one is that it seems that a trial
version, or beta, can be set up overnight..... and the other is that
you need a clause similar to the record industry, "for promotional
purposes only".
That has been used in many contexts, and coupled with either a re-
edit or a huge drop in quality, I am sure that the world now realises
that these new distribution models are extremely valuable. Especially
in the case of the BBC where I believe that it is the value of
content when it arrives in the public domain that determines whether
it is successful or not, not necessarily only financial income.
The BBC can have its own YouTube, in weeks if it likes, perhaps the
facts will allow the connected problems to disappear in the wash.
There must be an easy beginning point which doesn't include external
rights holders, as in reality, it is just another type of search engine.
I hope so.
Regards
Richard
On 28 Nov 2006, at 12:29, Lee Goddard wrote:
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It seems obvious to me that this transition, led by music will mean
that they spend more time on the PC, watching than they do on the TV.
Its a generational thing
Yeah: keep the kids away from the remote control for my big screen
and media PC, and they'll have to watch TV on their sorry little PC!
Is this the place to ask why BBC News have such an excellent MCE
package, and BBC2 "Broadband" doesn't?
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