Date   : Sat, 23 Feb 2002 19:13:59 +0000
From   : John Woodgate <jmw@...>
Subject: Re: BBC Domesday on the telly

I read in !bbc-micro that Paul Wheatley <p.r.wheatley@...> wrote
(in <3C77CD04.E5CFEBD3@...>) about '[BBC-Micro] BBC Domesday on
the telly', on Sat, 23 Feb 2002:
>the first obstacle is
>legal. We certainly won't be able to give access to anyone. It'll be up to
>someone else (maybe the BBC or the British Library perhaps) to pay the
>relevant people and then provide access...

I've come into this thread very late, and I'd like to know more about
the legal problem as it could be relevant to things that I do.

Who are the 'relevant people'? I don't recall the details of the
Domesday project: I think the BBC were in command? 

What I have in mind is that very often corporate owners of rights in
legacy material are prepared to forgo re-publication rights (or set a
very minimal fee just to affirm their rights) if the re-publishers
promise not to bother them with enquiries. (;-)
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