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Post by garystevens on Feb 8, 2021 15:37:12 GMT
It seems there's a purge going on by UK Broadcasters.
In the last 4 days, 5 YT Channels showing old Archive material have been shut down.
Obviously, I think most of us on here know where the taken down channels got their (ARCHIVE PORTAL) material from.
Whilst blatant stealing and uploading of "archive assets" is totally a non starter, you can understand why it goes on, when the broadcasters (bar Talking Pictures TV) never repeat such gems as Get It Together, Whittakers World Of Music, 2 G's And The Pop People, Pop Quest, The Geordie Scene, Cheggers Plays Pop, The Generation Game, Blankety Blank etc etc.
Not to mention the excellent Drama's & kids programmes they used to make, why is it left sitting on shelf, doing nothing?
People of a certain age don't wanna be bombarded with someone in a mask pretending they can sing, or ice skating in
Between the UK broadcasters they have the capacity (additional channels apart from their main ones) to show classic 1960s/70s & 80s shows
But the people who have "stolen" our TV heritage from the online portals, should be ashamed of themselves. They have denied the broadcasters an income (that would be ploughed back in to making TV) they have also denied the people seen in those productions (both on screen and behind the scenes) an income too.
These people have probably ruined any chance of seeing any good old 60s and 70s material coming out commercially or even stuck on Britbox.
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Post by John Wall on Feb 8, 2021 16:41:19 GMT
There can be genuine problems in obtaining the rights to show some material, particularly when the original owner has disappeared and been “folded” into other companies which have themselves been acquired.
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Post by RWels on Feb 8, 2021 16:55:15 GMT
It's probably because of "Royal family", which I am told was already on a torrent site late 2020. (I don't know how it got there.)
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Post by garygraham on Feb 9, 2021 3:51:32 GMT
There can be genuine problems in obtaining the rights to show some material, particularly when the original owner has disappeared and been “folded” into other companies which have themselves been acquired. Some copyright owners don't want their material out there in the current climate. I have had such abuse and aggression as a creative person that I don't make anything public anymore. There are no sales, just endless theft and annoying requests to use stuff for free. So everything is behind a password now. Genuine researchers and buyers can look. But even a low fee wouldn't be worthwhile because the content will be copied all over the place by the self-righteous thieves. There are Facebook groups which have tens of thousands of members and which are 90%+ stolen content. If people are filling their boots with free it undermines any market. That's partly why unseen material doesn't get published. I have filing cabinets full of content that has never been seen. Hopefully things will change in future.
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Post by John Wall on Feb 9, 2021 9:00:04 GMT
Thanks for the updates 👍
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Post by Glenn Curtis on Feb 9, 2021 18:57:01 GMT
I am just lucky to have all The Generation Game episodes posted before everything was taken down, I just wish the likes of the BBC or Britbox would understand there is a demand for some of this stuff.
I’d be quite happy to pay for it. Leaving it hidden never to see the light of day again just seems so sad.
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Feb 9, 2021 23:04:59 GMT
I just wish the likes of the BBC or Britbox would understand there is a demand for some of this stuff. I’d be quite happy to pay for it. Leaving it hidden never to see the light of day again just seems so sad. The problem is that barring repeats, a lot of archive content has many third party copyright content that needs clearing and paying for. Sometimes those costs are more expensive than the likely return for hosting it. On top of that, some copyright holders, particularly for music will not allow their music to be republished. That would then entail additional costs to remove the music and replace it with something else. Paul
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