Re: [Hampshire] [OT] BBC Petition

On 26/02/07, Samuel Penn <sam@???> wrote:
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>
> On Sun, February 25, 2007 18:18, Andy Random wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Feb 2007, Gordon Scott wrote:
> >
> >> Why I wonder should a taxpayer funded public service broadcaster need
> >> DRM?
> >
> > As I understand it the BBC makes a significant proportion of its income
> > from CD/DVD and overseas sales.
>
> Listening to the BBC backstage podcast that was linked to, the
> BBC doesn't own most of its content. They have contracts to
> actors, musicians, writers etc which prevent them from just
> releasing content to the public. Even if the BBC were willing
> to release everything freely, other right holders are unwilling
> to have their content released without some protection.


Is that actually true though? Has anyone done a survey to see if the right
holders _do_ feel this way?

I'm sure some of them do, but it would be nice to know what percentage of
them were willing to let their creations roam free.

John