Hi Richard! On 02/02/07, Richard P Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, it was a mistake on my part that I hit reply and the previous email didn't end up on the list. Apologies.
I hope you'll post it on list, and I'll post my reply :-)
As I said at the beginning, it will be interesting to see why anyone believes that DRM is needed on BBC products. So far I have seen no clear reason whatsoever, apart from as you say, a defensive legal willingness to support an old model.
The BBC doesn't really hold the rights to most of the shows it airs, and the defensive legal willingness is not really the BBC, but the proprietors who really hold the rights to "the BBC's" shows.
Still, I get the feeling that my wish to have access to the BBC archive for free use to remix its content is as yet a dream. :-)
Maybe one day; the biggest issue is convincing people that the 'non-commercial use only' terms popularised by Creative Commons are not good... -- 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
