[backstage] BBC Bias??? Click and Torrents

2007-01-27 Thread Brian Butterworth
I'm horrified (again) to see Auntie misrepresenting technologies on Click The BBC's flagship technology programme Both the programme and web page call the sharing of TV programmes using BitTorrent systems 'illegal'. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6301355.stm

Re: [backstage] BBC Bias??? Click and Torrents

2007-01-27 Thread Matthew Somerville
Brian Butterworth wrote: However, DOMESTIC sharing of programmes broadcast free-to-air in the UK is NOT ILLEGAL. Your quote of copyright law doesn't back that up, in my opinion. To quote Section 70 of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended), The making in domestic premises for

Re: [backstage] BBC Bias??? Click and Torrents

2007-01-27 Thread Laurence Samuels
maybe the Act needs updating to take account of current developments and future ones, too. L On 27/01/07, Matthew Somerville [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Butterworth wrote: However, DOMESTIC sharing of programmes broadcast free-to-air in the UK is NOT ILLEGAL. Your quote of copyright law

Re: [backstage] Music, (meta)data, musicbrainz and the BBC

2007-01-27 Thread James Cridland
On 1/26/07, Richard P Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 128 character description could well be the ISRC code from the original label. It's not: it's in English, and is a description for the current artist. It goes onto DABtext and our player. The final number is, I suspect, actually a

Re: [backstage] BBC Bias??? Click and Torrents

2007-01-27 Thread James Cridland
On 1/27/07, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm horrified (again) to see Auntie misrepresenting technologies on Click The BBC's flagship technology programme Both the programme and web page call the sharing of TV programmes using BitTorrent systems 'illegal'. However, DOMESTIC

Re: [backstage] BBC Bias??? Click and Torrents

2007-01-27 Thread Nic James Ferrier
James Cridland [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Points of View, Some of the your viewer email appears to be bothering us in the BBC Backstage list. Why oh why oh why... etc. I always hated Barry Took. Sarcastic tick. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell