On 07/11/2007, George Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 06:05:00 +0000, "Brian Butterworth" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Various parts of its non-DRM on demand radio proposals (book readings, > >> classical music) failed the Public Value Test due to the BBC Trust's > >> fears over the negative market impact of non-DRM downloads. > > > > > > Yes, more people would have learnt about classical music and read more > > books > > This is something that you should be taking up with the BBC Trust. The BBC > *wanted* to deliver books/ classical music, and we weren't allowed to. As > with a lot of the other issues mentioned, we are regulated by the Trust.
£45 million a year is spent on BBC Radio 3. It seems a poor use of this spending to not allow the classical music to be podcasted, I was shocked when the Trust showed a certain myopia on this front. It's not like any of this music has copyright issues, for a start. I suspect someone on the BBC Trust board is a member of the Musician's Union. You know the people - they campaign under the banner "recordings are killing live music", which is demonstrably untrue. George > > (disclaimer - I work for the BBC) > > - > 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]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
