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Re: Politicians allowed to veto use of news footage?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:29:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford wrote:
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Our largely taxpayer-funded free to air TV channel, the
ABC, now
says it can’t
sell archival footage of politicians to 3rd party documentary makers, unless
they get permission from the politician involved.
They think “...the ABC could be exposed to the risk of claims under the
Trade Practices Act or pursuant to the tort of Passing Off.”
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ianal, but I have had a passing association with both the TPA and torts, and
this sounds like drivel, and not even very entertaining drivel.
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Anyone else know of any news/media organisations that have the same policy?
Seems a bit silly to me.
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Mmmmm. Sounds like the ABC is only a step or two away from starting
Winston’s work in the
Ministry of Truth, hunting back through records and histories to expunge
‘errors’ in the name of ‘truth’. After all, if a politican indicates that
she will never authorise re-use of the material, why bother keeping it. In
the name of efficiency, it may as well be deleted.
Hansard, the official reporting service of parliament, sends drafts of
transcripts of the happenings in the houses to politicians involved to enable
them to confirm the transcript before printing, and there is some politic
cleaning up of impolitic words here and there, but never to change the sense,
much less try to conceal the evidence of what took place.
I’d say ‘watch this space’. I doubt that this will be allowed to stand...
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I did a quick search, but could find no other reference to this story. I feel
that ABC should only withhold material if there is a risk that it may be
misused. I know the BBC no longer releases its Hillsborough footage due to the
risk of misuse (See example of misuse). It is also not normal for UK media outlets to allow footage
to be used in court cases unless a court order has been obtained.
Hansard in the UK is normally edited to clear up mispronounced words etc, but
I’m sure the politicians are not involved in this process.
Scott A
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Richard
Still baldly going...
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