Older Doctor Who spinoff coming to DVD

[Ar-Pharazon]

Ar-Pharazon, I believe PROBE can be found on Dailymotion or Youtube, I made myself DVDs a couple years back

I think I downloaded one or two and the quality was terrible, but probably not much worse than the original quality

I would still pay for the "official" DVD's if they were available.

 

[Sindatur]

Ar-Pharazon, I believe PROBE can be found on Dailymotion or Youtube, I made myself DVDs a couple years back

I think I downloaded one or two and the quality was terrible, but probably not much worse than the original quality

I would still pay for the "official" DVD's if they were available.

Yea, the quality isn't great, but, there really isn't anything to worry about for SFX, and as you say, the source probably isn't much better.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

There's already legal action to stop this from the Haisman camp apparently.

The dueling statments, from Haisman's granddaughter and Reeltime, can be read here. It looks like Haisman's granddaughter believes the rights negotiated back in the day for Downtime extended only to the VHS release, while Reeltime believes those rights cover all home video releases.

 

[StCoop]

The dueling statments, from Haisman's granddaughter and Reeltime, can be read here. It looks like Haisman's granddaughter believes the rights negotiated back in the day for Downtime extended only to the VHS release, while Reeltime believes those rights cover all home video releases.

Can you have the rights to a format that didn't exist at the time you signed your contract?

 

[Mr Soak]

It depends on how the contract is worded, I guess. Something nebulous like "release on home media", or the more specific "future home media" could cover it. It might take lawyers at twenty paces to clear it up, though.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Yep, the wording is the key. If the language specifically denied rights for future forms of media or specified the then current forms, there's a case. If it omitted forms of media that just weren't around yet, it's a gray area.

 

[Christopher]

Can you have the rights to a format that didn't exist at the time you signed your contract?

Most contracts these days have language designed to cover future formats and scenarios not yet envisioned -- like granting "all rights throughout the universe" (yes, seriously). But older contracts might leave it more vague.

 

[Mr Awe]

^ That sounds particularly appropriate for anything related to Doctor Who. They should just state, "all rights throughout time and space"!

 

[The Four Doctor]

This is why i hate those who whine about copyright laws - it doesn't just protect "corporations", it protects countless little guys and independents too.

As Mark Ayers, Doctor Who composer, has repeatedly pointed out.

He's of the opinion that those who want to change copyright laws are really just wanting to freeload off his and others' work and not pay any compensation or recompense.