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From: "Robert D. Franks" <TelesnapGuy@csi.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Real bad news on the Telesnaps :(
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 20:35:48 -0400
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Michael Graney wrote in message <35A3F4E0.56E5@virgin.net>...
>Quences wrote:
>>
>> In case anyone hasn't noticed, the official telesnap distribution site
has now
>> ceased to be, because of the selfish profiteering of certain indivuduals.
>>
>> For the full story, visit the site at
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~telesnapguy/ [[as of 7/9/98, this site has apparently been removed from AOL for reasons unknown - JPG]]
>>
>> This is really very very sad.
>>
>> Mark Phippen
>>
> This is awful! I can't believe the bloody cheek of the BBC
>suing over all that remains of material they bloody well
>destroyed in the first sodding place!!

To everyone: thanks for the support, but no one is suing us or even telling
us we are in trouble yet. The sad fact remains that the BBC legal department
and FACT are pursuing video pirates that have been profiting from our work.
I think this type of people are disgusting anyway, so it doesn't bother me
that they are shutting them down.

However because of these unscrupulous  activities it has caused the BBC to
look very hard at the reconstructions. Since none of us have ever done this
to offend anyone, it was considered the best decision to just stop
distributing the stories.

Please don't blame the BBC, but the video pirates that have been profiting
from selling this material and who have now cut a blow to fandom.