Re: [LINK] We’re all copyright criminals now

[Adam Todd]

At 01:25 PM 21/11/2006, Paul Bolger wrote:
>>Does the media have special rights that the rest of us don't?
>
>No, except the ABC, they have, in their own words, the right to infringe
>anyones copyright, even with knowingly stolen material!
>
>That's *one* way to get sued! On what are you basing this?

The very fact that broadcast 2 minutes of video footage I had NOT released 
to any media outlet.  ABC claimed it was broadcast on Channel Seven and 
they just "copied it for comment."  However the footage didn't have the 
Channel Seven watermark, or the Today Tonight logo.  And TT didn't 
broadcast that material anyway.

How it came into the hands of ABC, well we originally thought it might have 
been via Channel Nine, who had a copy on VHS, however, the Tape supplied to 
Channel Nine was never rewound from where I left it when I finished dubbing 
it - in other words it was never played.

Channel Seven certainly didn't give it to them, and they had access to the 
original Non-VHS version.  Which means there was only one other copy on VHS.

The other thing is ABC then tried to sell the material to me at a huge price!

I need not say more.