Contributor Rights
Hear from the people behind the scenes at the BBC Archive
Contributor Rights
Contributor Rights
An interview with Simon Haywood-Tapp from the BBC Rights department
There's a whole department in the BBC that negotiates agreements so the BBC can re-broadcast archive programmes. This interview with BBC Rights expert Simon Hayward-Tapp explains why rights is a complicated subject.
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- Why can't I have access to the entire BBC archive?
- What are 'rights' in broadcasting terms?
- In broadcasting terms, who has 'rights'?
- What if the person with 'rights' cannot be traced?
- Do people ever refuse to grant rights?
Transcript
What are 'rights' in broadcasting terms?
Rights are conferred upon contributors through legislation. So a writer has rights through the Copyright Act, which says that if he writes a script, he owns that script, and if I want to do something with that script I have to buy the necessary rights from him.
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