[mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotes
Issac
Shawn Willden
shawn-myth at willden.org
Fri Mar 4 15:37:56 UTC 2005
Andy Long wrote:
>Since a copy has to be transfixed to a medium to receive copyright,
>how exactly does broadcasting qualify? This isn't an attack against
>you, just something I have oft wondered.
>
The show gets copyright protection when it is first fixed in tangible
medium by the production team.
The legalities around broadcasting copyrighted materials constitute a
huge portion of US Title 17, the copyright law (see
http://copyright.gov). In general, only the copyright owner can
authorize broadcasts and certainly doesn't lose copyright by doing it.
Shawn.
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