Correct me if I'm wrong, but copyright protection laws in the UK usually trump claims of public interest. We'd probably need some landmark court case to prove otherwise.
On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 at 23:51 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do not understand what you are asking me. Do you want me to find you an > academic paper regarding the BBC for an exception we should seek? Why would > I do this? > > The question here is simple: Do we seek to acquire these files in the > interest of the general public or do we not bother to attempt this? > > -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) > > On 12 July 2016 at 16:03, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > >> On 12 July 2016 at 12:22, とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I am not really interested in discussing general policy of the BBC etc. >> > regarding copyright at this point. >> >> Neither am I; I asked whether you could substantiate your claim that: >> >> BBC and commercial providers can be compelled [to relinquish their >> rights] on the basis of public interest >> >> If you cannot, I'm happy to leave things there. >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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