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Post subject: protection or heavy handed?
 Posted: May 15, 2008 - 11:00 PM
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Dr Who fan in knitted puppet row
A Doctor Who fan is embroiled in a row with the BBC after she published knitting patterns for the sci-fi drama's monsters on the internet.
The patterns of Ood and Adipose were removed from her website after the BBC's commercial arm complained that they breached its trademark. But the woman said the corporation was "making an example of her".
BBC Worldwide said it acted because finished figures were being sold by others on auction website eBay.
It also denied threatening legal action and said it had offered to consider marketing the designs itself. The 26-year-old, who does not want to be identified other than as her online moniker of Mazzmatazz, said: "All I want is the BBC to be fair."I'm just an ordinary fan, who happens to like knitting and sci-fi, and everything has just gone a bit crazy," she said on her website.
Her case is being publicised by the Open Rights Group, a lobbying organisation which specialises in digital rights issues.
Executive director Becky Hogge told BBC News: "She doesn't feel she's doing anything wrong yet she's being threatened with legal action."In the offline world, what she'd be doing would be fine. But because she's doing it online, which is a public space, it causes a problem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7400268.stm
So is the BBC right and are just protecting it's trade marks, or are they being too heavy handed?
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Post subject: Re: protection or heavy handed?
Posted: May 16, 2008 - 04:14 AM
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yes, and Bill said it best... these BBC folks need to:
GET A LIFE!
| britstarfan wrote: | Dr Who fan in knitted puppet row
A Doctor Who fan is embroiled in a row with the BBC after she published knitting patterns for the sci-fi drama's monsters on the internet.
The patterns of Ood and Adipose were removed from her website after the BBC's commercial arm complained that they breached its trademark. But the woman said the corporation was "making an example of her".
BBC Worldwide said it acted because finished figures were being sold by others on auction website eBay.
It also denied threatening legal action and said it had offered to consider marketing the designs itself. The 26-year-old, who does not want to be identified other than as her online moniker of Mazzmatazz, said: "All I want is the BBC to be fair."I'm just an ordinary fan, who happens to like knitting and sci-fi, and everything has just gone a bit crazy," she said on her website.
Her case is being publicised by the Open Rights Group, a lobbying organisation which specialises in digital rights issues.
Executive director Becky Hogge told BBC News: "She doesn't feel she's doing anything wrong yet she's being threatened with legal action."In the offline world, what she'd be doing would be fine. But because she's doing it online, which is a public space, it causes a problem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7400268.stm
So is the BBC right and are just protecting it's trade marks, or are they being too heavy handed?
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Posted: May 17, 2008 - 05:56 PM
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Okay, I was going to make some lewd and naughty comments based on the thread title...... but I'm going to show that I can indeed control myself at times.....    |
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Posted: May 17, 2008 - 07:22 PM
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| I would say that if her work is good enough that folks are selling them, then perhaps BBC should consider doing a business adventure with her. Both could profit. |
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