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From: The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM>
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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Classic Doctor Who Removed From Britbox UK and ITVX
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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:06:51 +0000
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On 11/01/2025 01:15, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <xn0p0ne9k8tt2yd002@post.eweka.nl>,
> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>> The Doctor wrote:
>>
>>> In article <xn0p0n6at8izvmt009@post.eweka.nl>,
>>> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The Whoniverse is definitely staying on the BBC iPlayer.
>>>> That's a major platform in the UK. It's what happens for the
>>>> international rights to the classic era of the show. I think,
>>>> the BBC would like to have the show in one place, as that
>>>> makes sense.
>>>>
>>>> Britbox had the exclusive rights to the classic era of Doctor
>>>> Who in the USA, until 2025. Whilst HBO Max have the rights to
>>>> Doctor Who 2005-2023, and Disney+ [currently] have the
>>>> rights to the post 2023 episodes of the show. So if you
>>>> lived in the USA that's three different streaming platforms
>>>> you'd have to subscribe to to watch the various eras of
>>>> Doctor Who. I think the BBC would like to consolidate those
>>>> licences as the various agreements expire.
>>>
>>> WE shall see.
>>
>> You sure will... but the inhabitants of the Yadallee Republic
>> will still stream BBC1 from their local IPTV service, supplied
>> by Ahmed from the back of the Aladdin Kebab shop down the road,
>> anyway... so it won't matter who the BBC sell the international
>> streaming rights for "Doctor Who" to!
> 
> Time to end the nation borders fantasy for TV airing.

Time to end copyright protection altogether. Does a plumber charge you 
an annual royalty for having installed your central heating which you 
have to pay for the rest of his life and 70 years after he dies? Does 
the person who painted your walls demand you pay him a fee for every day 
you look at them?


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