[4candles]

Originally Posted by Phlegmbot

Not meaning to be obnoxious, but isn't the broacast recording of the material a fundamentally different source than the one they would use for the commercial DVD release? The audio for that release would be directly from the soundboard, rather than from the broadcast. Besides which, isn't there at least one satellite in between the BBC and the local cable distributor from which the recording was made? And maybe one more between the venue and the BBC?

You can't descibe the BBC's Live8 coverage and the upcoming DVD (or existing audio downloads) as from "fundamentally different sources".

The lineage may be different (hopefully the DVD will be better quality), but they will both be sourced from the same TV cameras and soundboard audio.

If we're talking copyright infringement, then I don't understand why the number of satellites between the venues and the home viewers makes any difference - it doesn't change the content.

I don't really know anything about British copyright laws, but the established precedent in the US is that if it goes out over the air, you can record it.

There's a difference between recording a TV broadcast for your personal viewing and distributing copies of that recording to others.

Dave.