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From Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/21/2341235

Looks like you've got some competition, but you've got them beet on price.

Here's the text:
"British terestrial TV channel
http://www.five.tv/ five
has announced that it will become the
first to offer TV programmes to download legally.
Except that they don't quite seem to
get it yet. They are
http://www.7digital.com/shops/default.aspx?shop=54&refresh=1&dev offering
here some videos from
http://www.five.tv/home/frameset/?content=2278491 this
car programme which apparently didn't quite make
it to air, for the princely sum of
£1.50 (about $3), in DRM'd WMV 10 format
(mplayer plays them fine).
Still, it's a start, and it looks
like they're just testing the water.
Hopefully they won't take the lack of
response as 'proof' that there's no
demand.
There's
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4368435.stmmore
about this at the BBC's website"
 
I have a feeling this might intefere with Vipers legality of hosting FG videos... because this falls into illegal as viper is distributing something for free when there is a market value for it.
I'm no lawyer though... maybe someone studying law or something can clarify this
 
This could be one of the reasons your host was contacted to remove your old site. The people selling these episodes are the actual copyright owners, so it's not a matter of having them beat on price or not. Since Fifth Gear is produced by Channel 5, rather than the BBC, they may be less tolerant of copyright infringement, probably more so now that they are offering the episodes for sale online.

Viper, Are you sure that the BBC contacted your previous ISP, or was it just some British Broadcaster? Interesting turn of events. The BBC News article points out that the BBC has been toying with offering free downloads of various BBC shows, maybe some day Top Gear will become one of those shows offered and you will not have to risk publishing the episodes for the masses. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it! :)
 
I don't think TG will every have a problem as it is a public broadcasting company that is owned by the government and correct me if I'm wrong but it is non-profit making... I believe.
So theres nothing wrong with taking something for free and redistributing it... I think
 
Is it the third or the fourth thread about this???

Come on, somebody lock it...

Buba
 
andyhui01 said:
I don't think TG will every have a problem as it is a public broadcasting company that is owned by the government and correct me if I'm wrong but it is non-profit making... I believe.
So theres nothing wrong with taking something for free and redistributing it... I think
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LMAO go ask the BBC that see what response you get :roll:
 
We have to say who locked it?


I did.
 
Yeah, say you're locking it next time, both so people know who did and for why, i.e. "Repost, here's the other thread: [link]".
 
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