Re: [TV] ABC1 listings available

[simon <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not a solicitor or even have any legal training but it is my 
understanding that the deregulation of TV listings in September 1989 
meant that anyone can publish  tv listings. The quote below comes from 
this reference
http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/features/rt3.htm

"In September 1989, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, 
displaying a typical obsession with "choice", competition, market forces 
and deregulation, had changed the laws on television and radio listings 
to the effect that they could no longer be exclusive to any one 
publication, or to the broadcasters themselves."

The radio times are publishing the links that Paul mentions as "public 
domain" , no sign in, no subscription.

So what "Ton of bricks" do you imagine would fall? They'd stop 
publishing the listings? That would be self defeating. They take legal 
action to stop the publication? I would suggest they can't because of 
the above.

Regards

Simon

Paul Webster wrote:

> > This sounds like good news but I just had a look and couldn't find a
> > link. Any more info please?
> >    
> http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/channels.dat
> then each channel as
> http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/nnnn.dat
> where nnnn is the number from the first URL
> e.g.
> BBC 3 - http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/45.dat
>
> However, if you were to republish them then I would expect a ton of bricks
> to start dropping from the sky.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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