Look Around You
Hopefully not posted before, might be of interest to anyone who bought computer games in the 1980s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBcrTucxiRc
I love the way they've really managed to ape the style of 1980s TV programmes about computers like Micro Live etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBcrTucxiRc
I love the way they've really managed to ape the style of 1980s TV programmes about computers like Micro Live etc.
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And although the link might not have been posted, the program certainly has. I'm actually surprised how much BBC content is on Youtube, considering how up their own arse they tend to be over their copyrighted material. Not that it would matter much, seeing as someone always uploads stuff again and again.
Thanks for brining this to my attention, it's blooody marrrrrvelous.
Made me belly laugh.
Synthesizer Patel!!!! Haaaa haa haa.
Had fun with Diarrhea Dan too. Completed it on my first go, though I suppose it's no mean feat.
Andrew.
They actually said a month or two ago that they WEREN'T going to chase people about clips on YouTube, they felt that clips did the BBC more good than harm because it introduced their material to a massive new audience.
I'm not sure what they meant by "clips" though, I suspect they meant highlights like the one I posted above, rather than entire episodes.
Bear in mind, the BBC doesn't have to worry about things like DRM as much as commercial channels. The Beeb's money is guaranteed through the licence fee, so if a licence payer sees a BBC programme on youtube or on a BBC channel, the BBC still gets paid for it either way. In theory, the Beeb could put all its original series on the internet for free (at least to British members) because TV licence holders have already paid to see these programmes. I suspect this is what the BBC is planning to do eventually, probably through its own website.
With commercial channels the situation is completely different, they get all their money from adverts. If someone watches an ITV programme on Youtube (and of course it will have adverts edited out) then ITV doesn't get any advertising money from it.
Yup, that's the way I look at it too. I had to pay the licence fee for years despite not watching much BBC stuff, so I can download a few shows now with a perfectly clear conscience...
What, you mean it's even better than the entire Presswurst series?
...yeah, I suppose that's not difficult.
The BBC might not chase people but the production companies might...
That was brilliant. At first I thought it was an actual programme from the 70s. I want a Computa-Shave for my bathroom. :)
Necros.
Actually, they ARE being nice about copyright infringement:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6411017.stm
(The BBC's director of Future Media and Technology) said the BBC would not be hunting down all BBC-copyrighted clips already uploaded by YouTube members - although it would reserve the right for example to swap poor quality clips with the real thing, or to have content removed that infringed other people's copyright, like sport, or that had been edited or altered in a way that would damage the BBC's brand.
"We don't want to be overzealous, a lot of the material on YouTube is good promotional content for us," he said.
The BBC did a non-exclusive deal with youtube, but that's to advertise BBC programmes with short video clips, not full programmes. I'm talking about the BBC's plans to give away full programmes via the internet, through their own website.
It would be along the lines of the Listen Again service which they already run for BBC Radio. They've already tried out a system with a test audience, but they haven't said when the public version would launch.