I think it is a kind of slippery slope - one day you're making a personal archive of a TV programme, the next you are publishing it all on the internet for your friends - even this which might seem harmless might prevent a rights holder setting up their own website to do the same thing commercially and legitimately.
My own personal definition of a pirate and I would stress it is a personal one not a BBC or official one is someone who knowingly attempts to sell or commercially exploit other people's intellectual property without their permission. But people get hung up on the piracy word as its emotional and loaded. People say "there's nothing people can do about this" but Pirate Bay was closed down and fined heavily and I haven't seen much about them since. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Battley Sent: 13 July 2010 17:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] Freeview HD Content Management On 13 July 2010 16:43, Nick Reynolds-FM&T <[email protected]> wrote: > 6. I don't understand your point. The purpose of these measures is to > keep honest people honest. I don't understand this "keep honest people honest" thing. Is the BBC saving people from themselves, just in case they might be tempted to do something unlawful like copying a TV programme to their portable media player? And ... are you saying that I'm dishonest for wanting to subvert these restrictions? Or is it a slippery slope - one day you're making a personal archive of a TV programme, the next you're wondering around West End pubs with a carrier bag full of DVD+Rs of shaky camcorder versions of Hollywood films? Bizarre. > If pirates choose to do certain things then that is their > responsibility not the BBCs. If we had no content protection at all > clearly we would be opening the door to pirates doing anything they > want. They already are! And nothing the BBC is doing will stop them. (Encrypting the EPG on Freeview HD while the video itself is in the clear? Give me a break!) They're also doing anything they want with Sky HD and Blu-ray, both of which have far harder protections than anything the BBC's mooted. And, just to be clear, who do we mean by "pirates"? People downloading stuff? People uploading stuff? People making personal copies? People sharing copies with their friends? People selling stuff on for money? People uploading it to online storage sites with affiliate plans? There's such a huge gulf between the stated aims and the implementation of this policy. Paul. - 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]/
