Thank you Mike for creating an interesting lesson on heliochronometers.
Thank you, Barry for making this available along the lines of "acceptable
use" within the copyright and intellectual property laws. I see the sundial
list was included as a bcc. I will respect that.
Thank you Steve for pointing out that there are laws on digital copyrights
that are getting more restrictive. The free internet that we have all
contributed to is rapidly becoming a restrictive business.
Regards, Roger Bailey
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From: "Steve Lelievre" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:02 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer - Antiques Roadshow.
On 15/10/2012 10:48 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Online content that is blocked for certain regions can be viewed using a
proxy service. There is a simple program called Tunnelbear, available at
http://tunnelbear.com , that will allow you to view content that is
restricted to the UK. You just download the program, turn it "on" and set
it to "UK" and sites like BBC iPlayer will function. The service is free
with a monthly data limit.
Using proxy services is common and completely legal
In the context of Mac's question, the above statement seems overly simple
to me, and a full answer must depend on the country you live in.
In Canada, using a proxy service is indeed completely legal in itself.
However, with the Copyright Moderization Act passed back in September it
becomes a crimal offence to "avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate or impair
[a] technological protection measure unless it is done with the authority
of the copyright owner" where a technological protection measure is
defined as "any effective technology, device or component that, in the
ordinary course of its operation [...] controls access to a work". The new
law is still waiting for Royal Assent but this is expected soon.
In its ordinary course of operation the iPlayer prevents access for non-UK
viewing. This control is in place specifically for copyright reasons so,
to my way of thinking, in Canada use of a proxy could perhaps be contrued
as an attempt to circumvent the protection measure. An analogy might be
that although it's OK to posess a screwdriver, it is illegal in Canada to
use that screwdriver to remove a neighbour's doorlock to get in order to
use the pool while the neighbour is on vacation.
I concede however, that I have no legal training, and of course there's no
Case Law in place yet to guide us on how the courts would actually view
the practice.
Steve
On 15.10.2012 06:05, Mac Oglesby wrote:
Alas! I get a message saying "BBC iPlayer programmes are available to
play in the UK only,"
Any alternatives which might let those of us not in the UK see Mike?
Best wishes,
Mac Oglesby
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