Balchy: Could this be deemed anti competitive and a comcom issue? they are providing it to plenty of others who also dont have the ability to provide audience data (Skys excuse for not providing to tivo)
Great question. Anyone know the ins and outs of the laws on this?
Not sure where we stand but I guess someone will contact me and let me know
For billions of years since the outset of time, every single one of your ancestors survived, every single person on your Mum and Dads side, successfully looked after and passed onto you life. What are the chances of that like?
While I freely confess that I'm not a lawyer, my understanding was that you couldn't copright mere facts.
Facts such as water boils at 100 degrees, ice floats, there flooding in Pakistan, and the Brady Bunch is on TV1 at 6pm can't be protected under copyright. Otherwise, Encyclopedia Britannica could copyright the boiling point of water, a radio station could be first with the news of flooding, and they could sue anyone else who reproduced that statement of fact using copyright law.
Therefore, as long as they stick to basic facts of programme name & channel, they should just be able to lift the schedule off freeview. If they are worried about legal issues, they could just go to court seeking a declaratory judgement first.
That was what interested her. But with no Maori TV EPG or Prime in the foreseeable (EVER?) future, she's passing. Shame really, its such a good system.
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