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Clairwil (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Hello, I note that the BBC are harassing knitters now . God it's such a bothering channel! Say wht you like about ITV but it isn't always trying to get us to behave. Why won't the BBC leave us alone? If it's not Blue Peter annoying us about bloody 'Bring and Buy', they're bothering us with Children in Need. Why can't Blue Peter just call bring and buy sales jumble sales like normal folk anyway? It's...
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Blah Blah Flowers (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
BBC Lawyers are threatening legal action to Doctor Who fan who created free knitting patterns for some of it's aliens, including the Ood and the Adipose, despite having no intention to release knitting patterns or woollen Doctor Who figures themselves . Crikey, I hope they don't come after my Mother for the Superted she made me when I was four.
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House of Dumb (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
While the BBC's top brass make out like pigs in a trough , their legal team is protecting the public from the real threat: unauthorised knitting . Not everyone gets it though: Richard Taylor, a copyright expert with media lawyers DLA Piper, said: "My advice is that trademark and copyright owners should try and be generous to their fan base." Except, of course, where the copyright owner receives a guaranteed...
