Posted by jamesgibbon on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Ed-Bishop-condensed-commentary-online-tp1496337p1496491.html

"doorstop100" wrote:

>
> However, in this case, I don't think that there's any doubt that the
> line has been crossed, do you? Republishing the entire guts of a
> brand-new commentary on a commercial DVD the week it is released is
> hardly going to be considered justifiable by any sensible person, is
> it?

Steve,

I take your point. But I think the use of the term 'republishing' is
a stretch here.

Firstly, I didn't post it onto a 'website' exactly. It's not
possible that anyone could have found it by surfing around, only
members of this list could have been aware of its existence, and it
was deleted after a couple of days. Secondly, obviously the
commentary is intended to accompany an episode in real time, and
after being detached from the video content and edited out of real
time, it has lost its raison d'etre and has only limited interest.
Not exactly a 'pirate' then, I humbly submit, particularly given the
transient nature of its availability. Just a small novelty to give
the flavour of the DVD for the benefit of a limited number of fans,
exactly like the frame captures in fact.

I have seen some fairly gross liberties taken with copyright over
the last couple of years (people selling permanent copies of
soundtrack music for example), and as a few members of this list
might remember, I'm normally (literally) the first to complain. If
I'd thought that it would have deterred a single person from buying
a single DVD, I wouldn't have done it, I promise you. I don't
believe that it did, quite honestly. Whether it actually helped to
promote a few sales, I don't know.

Still, as I said I take your point. If anyone had objected at
the time I wouldn't have done it, and I don't have any plans to
knock up any more mp3s.

Regards,
James