28-08-2016, 23:47
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Rise above the players
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Re: BBC Parliament coming to BBC2.
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Originally Posted by Chris
They own the copyright in many cases but by no means all. Many productions are made by outside companies and pitched to the BBC; they fund production and get first run but they don't buy or own outright. Even in cases where they do fully own the copyright in the recording they often need permission from the performers, possibly also the scriptwriter, who are entitled to repeat fees.
You don't have to pay a newsreader extra for broadcasting them on two channels simultaneously and you don't have to pay MPs anything.
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H'mm... maybe the second showing could be covered in the contracts. I don't really think this is an insluable problem, if indeed it is a problem.
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