Nick, On 22/11/2007, Nick Reynolds-A&Mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So its not technically an offence then. > > Is there such a thing as "legal creep"? It's either legal or it isn't.
legal creep = pretending something is a legal requrement when it is not. Like when you ring a company's call center and they refuse to give you their name because of "data protection". There's quite a few Google hits for the phrase: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3A*%3AIE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ADBF&q=%22legal+creep%22 -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Greaves > Sent: 22 November 2007 14:34 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music > > >> The BBC does have to obey the law. Including copyright law. > > > > But the BBC does not have to do things that extend the law. > > > > I saw a bus shelter yesterday which had a "it is illegal to smoke in > > this bus shelter" sign on it in Churchill Square, Brighton yesterday. > > However, the shelter's design has only a single side, which makes it > > not qualify for the smoking ban. > > > > The BBC's use of DRM to protect content beyond what the law actually > > states is a sort of legal creep which, like the sign on the bus stop, > > claims that the law requires something which it does not. > > > > Which is technically an offense... > > Nick Reynolds-A&Mi wrote: > > what do you mean by "is technically an offence". > > > Dunno - but that sentence was the least interesting part of an otherwise > relevant post. I don't know what possessed you to pick on it!! > - > 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/ > > - > 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/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
