CBC sacks Dr Who leaker
p2pnet.net News- So much for the theory that whoever leaked an episode from the new Dr Who series did so as a kind of an advance PR stunt.
It seems the leakee worked for, or was associated with, Canada’s CBC.
The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) – one of the BBC’s international production partners – found the person responsible, says the BBC.
“The BBC did not provide details about the individual, saying only that the person worked for a ‘third-party company in Canada’,” it states, going on:
“In a statement, BBC Worldwide said: ‘After a thorough investigation by BBC Worldwide’s Canadian broadcast partner, the source of the leak of episode one of the new Doctor Who series has been traced to a third party company in Canada which had an early preview copy for legitimate purposes.
"The individual responsible for the leak has had their employment terminated by that company as a result.
"BBC Worldwide is considering further legal remedies and takes extremely seriously any unlawful copying or misuse of its copyright material’."
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See:-
advance PR stunt – Bill Evans to Sony, p2pnet, March 18, 2005
BBC – Doctor Who leak suspect is sacked, March 24, 2005
March 24th, 2005 at 8:20 pm
hmmmm, why is this individual not being sued like everyone else who is caught participating in copyright infringement??
or charged with theft etc etc
I still think its a PR stunt that they are trying to put a lid on.
TT
March 25th, 2005 at 11:07 am
yeah, maybe they used this guy as his scapegoat?
March 25th, 2005 at 12:22 pm
which even way this really went
scapegoat or not
if the person got sacked that sucks
plus to get fired for sharing such a silly piece of sf trash sucks even more…
March 26th, 2005 at 1:38 am
It does not say who got sacked either. I don’t think they sacked anyone. A PR stunt as everyone says.