Comments on another CRTC draft submission

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 01:46:27PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> This would also be a good place to point out: the CBC should *want*
> "piracy" since it spreads their message without having to provide the
> bandwidth.
> 
> Seriously: thinking of new problems in old ways is limiting.  What is
> called "piracy" is an opportunity for new models as well as a threat
> to old ones.
> 
> Example: CBC radio suffers from too few listeners and yet tries to
> control copies of its shows (only some are available as podcasts and
> only for a limited time).

Well some of their shows involve music for which they only have broadcast
rights (by paying the license fee), and not podcast rights.  Some they
may have a license for a limited time to distribute podcasts.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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