I couldn't say how aware most are. Every so often Have I Got News For You, the stalwart BBC satirical TV show mentions it, perhaps using a really bad drawing to illustrate something. And a few years ago, one Member of Parliament tried to get it overturned. The MP in question is Rupa Huq, sister-in-law of TV satirist and writer Charlie Brooker (writer/creator of Black Mirror). At the time, it was reconfirmed to be the law.
There is a question mark over whether the rule actually stands since another law that makes clear that copyright is not being breached when it's used for parody. The Open Rights Group (equivalent to the EFF) claims as much: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2014/will-we-now-see-parliamentary-footage-used-in-parodies. They believe that UK broadcasters are just scared to test it. What's interesting is that occassionally something slips through. The Daily Show is still broadcast in the UK in the small hours, a day late, on Comedy Central. I've seen them use clips for humorous effect. I suspect that some junior person is doing compliance on it (remembering that mostly UK rules are much more liberal than basic cable rules) and just doesn't know or has forgotten. Anyway, there are enough other things going on in the world for there to have been basically no reaction to Oliver's piece. Adam On Thu, 14 Jun 2018, 17:44 Doug Fields, <[email protected]> wrote: > I was curious about that. The anti-Parliament satire rules have never > gotten a lot of play over here, and the vast majority of Americans are > unlikely to have any knowledge of it (and, even more likely, no interest). > Is the general population of the UK aware of John Oliver's current > shenanigans? And is it causing any sort of reaction? > > > Doug Fields > > Tampa, FL > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf > of Adam Bowie <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:38:24 PM > *To:* tvornottv > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Comcast to Disney: This still ain't over > > Yup. We genuinely did get a full five minutes of that at the end of this > week's episode. > > Of course the full segment was available on YouTube. Also, nobody in the > UK has the faintest idea who Gilbert Gottfried is. But still... > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 5:30 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps they're too busy cutting-and-pasting Gilbert Gottfried's 5-minute > monologue of Yelp reviews into the current episode of "Last Week Tonight"? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 14, 2018, at 12:23, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't see Trump stepping in to stop his friend Rupert Murdoch from > getting in the way of cashing out from Fox. Although I think they'd still > prefer Disney to up their offer so that they can sell to them. > > Sidenote: HBO has just started airing Succession, a drama about a media > owning patriarch and his family that could be construed as a take on the > Murdochs. The series is created by a Brit, and stars a Brit. In the UK, the > Murdoch owned Sky has an output deal with HBO that gets them everything > that HBO makes - with exceptions where another co-production partner like > the BBC is involved. Strangely Sky Atlantic - which mostly shows HBO and > Showtime fare - has not yet scheduled Succession. This despite the fact > that series like Westworld get aired simultaneously with their US release. > Literally in the case of Westworld - we get a 2am simultaneous airing with > the East Coast! > > With all those Brits involved and an Oscar nominated director of the > pilot, you'd think they'd have rushed to put it on air :-) > > > Adam > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 5:14 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Re/code > <https://www.recode.net/2018/6/13/17460848/comcast-fox-disney-new-bid-rupert-murdoch-all-cash-regulatory-international> > (link): The NBC parent's now decided on a bid for the Fox package 19% north > of the Mouse's, paying all the ancillary fees... and hopes the govt's > preliminary OK to AT&T/Time Warner opens them up to it as well... > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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