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Originally Posted by philip.j.fry
The annoying thing is, that we have actually already paid for these shows. I thought they were going to be distributing whole episodes over some sort of p2p network  |
Paying your licence fee doesn't give you any legal interest in the copyright of BBC output. There are all kinds of complications involved in making programming available - not least of which is that actors featuring in any repeated programme, or one sold on video or DVD, are entitled to a further payment. I suppose it would be feasible to distribute very old archive material for free, if it's of little commercial value and those who made it are dead, but I can't see them making the extra effort TBH.