On 04/02/07, Matthew Cashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is this not a step in the right direction? http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/
The CA strongly suggested that the BBC might provide leadership in the Free Culture community. However, I recently saw IFTV's http://blip.tv/file/138568 (IFTV being Ian Forester, the one man TV production house ;-) where someone said Greg Dyke over hyped the CA and promised more than it could deliver, given the existing copyright regime.
release what we can using accepted* DRM, or don't release anything... surely it's better to move things on in terms of making the content available via the iPlayer, than to not?
By pretending that digital restrictions are ethical, that they can work at all, and that they are worth spending money on, the BBC contributes to making a world that no one would like to live in, other than copyright holders; where sharing is equated with attacking ships and killing people. While copy restrictions work on the majority of people who are not used to copying digital data as a way of life, a predatory scheme on the ignorant is not cool, and unconscionable by people who are used to that way of life. Even the kids of major music studio execs share music; think of the childen? :-) -- 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]/
