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Lost Doctor Who episodes found – but owner is reluctant to hand them to BBC (www.theguardian.com)
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As sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary nears, a collector pleads for BBC to offer amnesty to those with recordings discarded by corporation

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[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

This sounds less like a recording of a broadcast and instead physical media that never was supposed to be removed from the BBC in the first place.

[-] daetilus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Discarded TV film was secretly salvaged from bins and skips by staff and contractors who worked at the BBC between 1967 and 1978, when the corporation had a policy of throwing out old reels

That's more like dumpster diving. I wouldn't exactly consider that theft

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's more like dumpster diving. I wouldn't exactly consider that theft

You're not a corporate entity trying to maintain a stranglehold on an IP. I don't think there's any depth they are unwilling to plumb to protect and enhance their profits.

P.S. Yes I know the BBC is publicly funded by the British people but it is also a corporate entity that makes money on its unique IPs just like any other... cough Disney cough

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