I'm horrified (again) to see Auntie misrepresenting technologies on >Click "The BBC's flagship technology programme"
Both the programme and web page call the sharing of TV programmes using BitTorrent systems 'illegal'. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6301355.stm http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi?redirect= fs.stm&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&news=1&nol_storyid=4977542 However, DOMESTIC sharing of programmes broadcast free-to-air in the UK is NOT ILLEGAL. To quote Section 70 of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended), "The making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a recording of a broadcast solely for the purpose of enabling it to be viewed or listened to at a more convenient time does not infringe any copyright in the broadcast or in any work included in it". The BBC has never charged anyone for this offence, and your assertation that using a torrent to watch TV shows is illegal is incorrect and has no legal basis in the UK. The BBC should not assert that something is illegal when there is no law being broken and no legal precedent. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/653 - Release Date: 26/01/2007 11:11 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
