As sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary nears, a collector pleads for BBC to offer amnesty to those with recordings discarded by corporation

As sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary nears, a collector pleads for BBC to offer amnesty to those with recordings discarded by corporation

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    1 year ago

    The article states what they are worried about

    This would reassure British amateur collectors that their private archives will not be confiscated if they come forward and that they will be safe from prosecution for having stored stolen BBC property, something several fear.

    • asexualchangelingEnglish
      441·
      1 year ago

      I wonder how many episodes would miraculously show up if the BBC made a public statement that they wouldn’t hold it against them

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      1 year 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.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year 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.worldEnglish
          41·
          1 year 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