On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 11:59:29AM +0000, Brian Butterworth wrote: > 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.
There would be performance rights for some of it but it shouldn't be seen as an insurmountable obstacle. Also a fair bit of what Radio 3 broadcasts is still in copyright - again not an insurmountable obstacle. For BBC Orchestra performances of pre-20th century works I see no reason whatsoever why they shouldn't be podcast. They are available on CD and presumably as a paid MP3 download as well. -- Andy Leighton => [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials" - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - 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]/
