Parliament has a ways to go, too, considering they only stream in proprietary Microsoft format.
I tried to arrange for rights to republish an audio extract of a hearing, and they insisted it would only be possible if it was streamed so as to prevent unauthorized copying. They were quite dismayed when I explained to them that streaming by itself does not in any way prevent local copying. They offered to arrange a download for my personal use, but I told them I had one already since I had merely saved the stream. As I believe in respecting copyright, I did not wish to publish the audio without a licence and we eventually agreed upon terms, but in the end I did not publish since as I told them I was unable to guarantee no unauthorized copying would take place since streaming does not prevent that. I advised them to use open standards, stock complete copyright metadata, watermark their video with a portcullis bug overlay, and rely upon the law in case of infractions. It was quite an exchange. Sean. On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ofcom: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/ > > please don't ...my inbox is full enough alread > > (Ofcom does not regulate the BBC - that's the job of the BBC Trust) > > > > Your MP: (via) http://www.writetothem.com/ > > Your MEP: (via) http://www.writetothem.com/ > > now there's an accessible, standards-based website... > > > - > 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]/ > - 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]/
