Posted by Paul Bowers on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Ed-Bishop-condensed-commentary-online-tp1496337p1496502.html

You're right. This legal silliness is akin to proposed bans on "deep
linking". If I find what I want at ufoseries.com (from a search engine), I'm
likely to go back to the homepage to see more.

Intro stuff only encourages further inquiry. I've been offered bootleg
copies of stuff (movies, software, music) but I decline since the QC is not
there, and stuff I like gets bought retail.


Paul



Message: 1
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 10:57:43 -0700
From: Marc Martin <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: Copyright infringement

Steve writes:
>However, in this case, I don't think that there's any doubt that the
>line has been crossed, do you?

Yes, I would agree that publishing anything over a few minutes
of the commentary track would be crossing the line. On my own
website, I've got brief excerpts of each commentary (38 seconds
for Gerry's, and 16 seconds for Ed's), which gives people a flavor
of what the commentary is like, and (hopefully) encourages them
to want to hear more and purchase the DVDs!

James writes:
>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.

Yes, somehow I doubt anyone on this list was deterred from purchasing
the discs because of this. The biggest selling point after all is
the fact that they are on DVD instead of VHS, and that they look
and sound terrific! (I however may have deterred someone from
purchasing the Carlton box 2 after mentioning that the A&E box 2
will have an additional commentary track...)