Thursday, June 26. 2008Role of BBC in New Media - Part I the TechCrunch BBC DebateTrackbacks
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it looked quite sparsely attended from the pics and qiks? Football semi?
POssibly, or its not such a big issue. Must say tho' that most of the whines seem pretty trite when held up to examination.
If the BBC is a an ancient tree beloved by the nation, but due to its location threatened by cliff erosion and an imminent submersion into the salty sea below, you can write off all those who say it can only be saved by relocation as naifs who simply don't understand the impossibility of the task, because of the licensing entanglements that render it rooted to the spot.
They may still be right. Either the tree is relocated or it is doomed. [Other trees are available.]
Crosbie - thats exactly one of the issues we have to address going forward. As you say, the structure of rights now is not going to stop the industry evolving - but sorting out the millions of small rightsholders is more likely to occur when it becomes clear to them that its change or go bust, and that situation hasn't emerged yet.
The only solution is to abolish the unethical privilege of copyright. The 'rights' problem then disappears
As Sherlock would put it, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Uproot the tree. It will survive. So will the 'rights' holders - even though they end up holding non-exclusive rights rather than exclusive privileges. This is of course heresy, but then so was heliocentricity.
And you're treated like a criminal if you choose not to watch TV. I am collecting the official 'legal claim' style letters and threats they send to me. I choose not to have live broadcast TV into my home (which is the ONLY time you need a license despite the rumours). I have told them this, letters get ignored, the threats continue. Who do these people think they are? How much do they spend administrating this pathetic waste of time? Isn't it time we moved on from this archaic system?
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