Thanks Tom,
Seriously, at least this honest answer lets us consider another way.
Is it possible for the BBC to set up a web-page and some publicity
that asks the following question....
"If you are a Rights Owner of work that has been broadcast by the BBC
in the last 70 years, and would like your content to be re-used in a
financially viable, or free, manner across the world of the internet,
will you please contact us?"
It is quite obvious that PACT and the BBC's negotiation of last May
probably considered every facet of broadcasting, using a black box
sitting in someone's lounge in the UK as the basis. In settling with
a 7 year license, on new commissions, I'm sure that the BBC probably
had a longer time frame for past works. If that is true, then we are
getting somewhere, simply because it is very likely that the original
rights holders of those works probably don't use a computer for much
more than email.
If they can be attracted back in to the debate, it may make the BBC's
position easier regarding your future prospects, after all those
"lost" rights holders could change the picture for everyone,
especially since some of the revenue from the further use of that
content would add to their estate value or pensions. I'm sure that
they would be very happy to further "exploit" (yes, I hate that
word:-) their rights.
If nothing else, the use of the net as a historical document, could
be very interesting..... try this as an example :-)
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=8435153709246106788&q=public
+nuclear
Perhaps we should see this at the same time.....
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?
docid=7942215474518717328&q=nagasaki+nuclear
The net has immense power for the future, I cannot honestly see any
time when it is tamed as some of the commercial/political/legal world
would like it to be, maybe it will carry on opening new avenues for
everyone.
All the best
RichE
On 12 Feb 2007, at 00:32, Tom Loosemore wrote:
the honest answer is "we don't know"
bear in mind that to know for sure you have to examine *all* the
various contracts with *all* the various contributors - and for that,
you need to know who the contributors are, and where their contracts
are stored... if their contracts are stored. Then you have to hope the
contracts we unambiguous.
When the creative archive team went hunting for some content for their
trial which was demonstrably & unambiguously BBC owned, they found
nothing that didn't require at least some additional rights
clearance...
There's lot of stuff for which the BBC owns *broadcast* rights,
because that was the reality of all that was possible at the time.
And then there's moral rights, but let's no go there for now...
On 11/02/07, Richard P Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Tom,
Can I ask again then, is there anything that the BBC owns 100%
copyright of in an archive?
Yes or no would be a start. :-)
Regards
Richard
On 11 Feb 2007, at 11:43, Tom Loosemore wrote:
> On 10/02/07, Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> At 15:42 +0000 8/2/07, Dave Crossland wrote:
>> >On 06/02/07, Richard P Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>We also know that the BBC has content that they "own"
>> >>100% of the copyright.
>> >
>> >This is, apparently, not the case at all for the majority of
>> existing records.
>> >
>> >However, moving forward, I see no reason why the BBC cannot be
clear
>> >that it is owning 100% of the rights in all new contracts for
>> >internally produced works.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>> Desert Island Discs is one of Radio 4's most popular and enduring
>> programmes. Created by Roy Plomley in 1942, the format is simple:
>> each week a guest is invited by Kirsty Young to choose the eight
>> records they would take with them to a desert island.
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>> For rights reasons Desert Island Discs is not available as a
>> listen again item.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs.shtml
>>
>>
>> Why no podcast?
>>
>> Gordo
>
> Estate of Roy Plumley owns the rights to the format, and isn't
keen on
> on demand...
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