> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crossland > Sent: 02 February 2007 12:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC Trust "reaches Provisional > Conclusions on BBC on-demand proposals" > > On 02/02/07, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Surely the whole point of DVD regions is that it was a > non-legal way > > of implementing the ability to restrict international free trade. > > That's right, and this is summarised in the memorable phrase, > "code is law" :-) > > > And it's the same with DRM - there is no legal requirement to use > > them, they are simply being forced on the consumer by > bodies such as > > the BBC that claim (presumably because Microsoft has > advised them this) they are required. > > Do you know any references for this Microsoft advice? Perhaps > we could make some http://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/ requests? :-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/09_september/28/ microsoft.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/10_october/28/cu rriculum_technology.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/03_march/21/high field.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/highfield_rts2.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/grade_natpe.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/thompson_edinburgh05.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/highfield_bcmc.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/highfieldft.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/highfield_ft.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/highfield_westminster.shtm l http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/12_december/13/d c.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/highfield_edinburgh.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/05_may/11/search .shtml > > > Copyright is supposed to be a legal balance between the > producer and > > the consumer > > I'm not sure where you got that idea, but no, that's not what > it is supposed to be :-) > > Instead of a "balance," its more accurate to think of a > "trade-off" - this may seem like semantic nit-picking, but > the words we think with define what we intuit, Sapir-Whorf > and all that. > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html > explains in detail. > > -- > Regards, > Dave > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.19/663 - Release > Date: 01/02/2007 14:28 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.19/663 - Release Date: 01/02/2007 14:28 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
