[Wolves] Real audio stream ripper

Stuart Langridge sil at kryogenix.org
Thu Jan 27 11:05:05 GMT 2005


On 27/1/2005, "Jon Farmer" <jonfarmer at enta.net> wrote:

>Stuart Langridge wrote:
>
>> Ah, that's not the same thing. The BBC are, indeed, not obligated to
>> *supply* content in a fashion that we demand. However, Matt's point
>> was, I think, more that he has a right to listen to it in any format he
>> chooses, as long as he's prepared to put the work in to get it from the
>> BBC's chosen output format into his choice of format.

>I acknowledge my analogy was not the best, however the point I am, quite
>ineffectively to date, trying to make is I believe you *DONT* have the
>right legally to convert from one format to another without the
>copyright holders express consent.

I concur again. We do not have the right to do this, called "format
shifting". This is an appalling state of affairs. I read Matt's
original mail as saying that he believed that he had the right to do so,
even if the law actually disagreed with him. I'm with Matt on this :)

Aq.



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