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Agatha Christie Radio Mysteries
28/01/09 15:05 Filed in: Personal
In my mind there is nothing so abhorrent as a plagiarist. Although I’m not entirely sure the term is applicable in this particular instance.
Whilst wandering around iTunes attempting to locate episodes of the superb BBC production of Miss Marple, staring Joan Hicks, I came across an intriguing Podcast called “The Agatha Christie Mysteries”.
Now being a Podcast and the work being still under Copyright I considered that the productions must be amateur and therefore perhaps considered outside the normal scope of infringement.
You should note that as well as lesser works, the current list includes;
But what’s worse is the nature of the recordings. Somebody (or some people) called “Humphrey Camardella Productions” have tagged a production credit onto what are in fact BBC Radio production. Apart from the obvious copyright infringement, it’s a TOTAL SCAM! Implying in fact that Humphrey Camardella had anything more than a cursory part of its production.
In fact, that total amount of effort involved is that removal of the BBC copyright warning and replaced it with the incepted message
“You are listening to another premier Old Time Radio program and also a proud member of the Blueberry community. Another Humphrey Camardella production”
Of course, my problem now is that whilst I hate this kind of outrageous credit where no credit is due, I also love Agatha Christie dramatisations.
I guess I’m going to have to be the honest bloke and report it to the BBC. I mean it’s one thing to replay radio plays from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s... but stealing BBC radio productions from less than a decade ago. That goes beyond the pale.
I mean this is a US podcast, so it’s not like they’ve even paid a bean towards the actually BBC production.
Whilst wandering around iTunes attempting to locate episodes of the superb BBC production of Miss Marple, staring Joan Hicks, I came across an intriguing Podcast called “The Agatha Christie Mysteries”.
Now being a Podcast and the work being still under Copyright I considered that the productions must be amateur and therefore perhaps considered outside the normal scope of infringement.
You should note that as well as lesser works, the current list includes;
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Nemesis
- A Murder Announced
- Thirteen at Dinner
- Death on the Nile, and
- Evil under the sun
But what’s worse is the nature of the recordings. Somebody (or some people) called “Humphrey Camardella Productions” have tagged a production credit onto what are in fact BBC Radio production. Apart from the obvious copyright infringement, it’s a TOTAL SCAM! Implying in fact that Humphrey Camardella had anything more than a cursory part of its production.
In fact, that total amount of effort involved is that removal of the BBC copyright warning and replaced it with the incepted message
“You are listening to another premier Old Time Radio program and also a proud member of the Blueberry community. Another Humphrey Camardella production”
Of course, my problem now is that whilst I hate this kind of outrageous credit where no credit is due, I also love Agatha Christie dramatisations.
I guess I’m going to have to be the honest bloke and report it to the BBC. I mean it’s one thing to replay radio plays from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s... but stealing BBC radio productions from less than a decade ago. That goes beyond the pale.
I mean this is a US podcast, so it’s not like they’ve even paid a bean towards the actually BBC production.
