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BBC shuts down Doctor Who knitting patterns site
May 10th, 2008Filed under:
Film, TV and radio ? Joe @ 9:45 am
The
Open Rights Group has posted a disheartening story of the BBC stopping a fan from posting knitting patterns based on characters from the show. The knitting and Who fan who goes by the web name Mazzmatazz has been creating interesting knitted versions of characters from the popular show and decided to share the knitting patterns online. The Beeb decided this contravened their copyright and asked them to stop; the patterns have now been removed due to fear of possible legal action.
As the ORG notes it is possible that technically Mazz may have inadvertently infringed the BBC’s rights slightly, but since these were non-commerical sites, a fan of knitting sharing patterns from a popular show with other fans to make themselves it is hard to see why they would be so bothered about it - it would be different if they were being sold (obviously they have to protect their rights against that kind of thing), but they weren’t and so as the ORG site observes “it’s hard to see how Mazz’s non-commercial knitting patterns actually damage the commercial interests of the BBC.” Does this mean the Tom Baker scarf my aunt knitted for me in the 70s is illegal and will I be busted next time I wear it? Come to that does it mean John Culshaw breaks copyright whenever he does his impression of Tom Baker’s Doctor? (link via
Boing Boing)
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