tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738282.post110876289883924472..comments2023-10-19T13:42:47.791+01:00Comments on Leighton Andrews: TV Downloads 'R' us?Leighton Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06280181937184212029noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738282.post-1108814365435349622005-02-19T11:59:00.000+00:002005-02-19T11:59:00.000+00:00Yes, I'm familiar with Lawrence Lessig - indeed, y...Yes, I'm familiar with Lawrence Lessig - indeed, you mentioned him in an earlier post. The BBC's approach to copyright is progressive and as I said in my Assembly debate on digital media in October, aims at creating 'BBC-on-demand'. However, intellectual property remains an important source of revenue for companies and will do in the future. The issue as you are suggesting will be enabling legal downloads, as with music.Leighton Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280181937184212029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738282.post-1108765769429064812005-02-18T22:29:00.000+00:002005-02-18T22:29:00.000+00:00The BBC is working with Lawrence Lessig - very sen...The BBC is working with Lawrence Lessig - very sensible of it. Do you remember when the cassette taping of radio broadcasts was supposedly illegal? Remember how many people took notice and how as a consequence the music industry collapsed?<br /><br />I did try to introduce the Creative Commons to a copyright lawyer who'd been put in charge of an Assembly-funded company. Not much interest shown at all, and no previous knowledge either.<br /><br />For a fact: kids are currently using school broadband to access bittorrent sites to download pirated films and burn DVDs. <br /><br />If the content is made to be read it will be ripped. Content creators and broadcasters should think about business models that take that reality into account.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162148117929189762noreply@blogger.com