Cable Forum - View Single Post - Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

SimonHickling · 28-07-2008, 22:19

Apologies if this is to any degree considered off-topic.

BT claim that because my content is available on the web, and not http authenticated, and because I haven't expressly asked for my site to be blacklisted, and it is referenced by Google, it's OK to make a copy.

So Google "iplayer Top Gear", get an iplayer downloader, and put the 2 together. It's linked via Google, it doesn't require authentication and the BBC haven't expressly asked me to blacklist their site from my content copier (iplayer downloader). Therefore it must be legal for me to make a copy (potentially even to use that copy for commercial gain).

Now if there was a similar downloader available for deezer.com I guess people would be able to safely ignore the letters BT et al will be sending out and refer them to the er ... leg-er-l advice BT sought.

28-07-2008, 22:19	#12834
SimonHickling Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 66	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Apologies if this is to any degree considered off-topic. BT claim that because my content is available on the web, and not http authenticated, and because I haven't expressly asked for my site to be blacklisted, and it is referenced by Google, it's OK to make a copy. So Google "iplayer Top Gear", get an iplayer downloader, and put the 2 together. It's linked via Google, it doesn't require authentication and the BBC haven't expressly asked me to blacklist their site from my content copier (iplayer downloader). Therefore it must be legal for me to make a copy (potentially even to use that copy for commercial gain). Now if there was a similar downloader available for deezer.com I guess people would be able to safely ignore the letters BT et al will be sending out and refer them to the er ... leg-er-l advice BT sought.