If a news organization which is publicly funded has to make a choice between breaking important news or obeying the law, I would rather that they report the news.
I would rather they report the news while staying on the correct side of copyright law.
If the author of the original post was a professional photo journalist who happened to post some of his photos to twitter would it be fine for the BBC to use that photo?
Similarly, if you wrote a script which was then used verbatim in a commercial product outside of the any license you had granted because they had to get the product out the door would that be fine?
I am talking about a dilemma, where they must choose either to report news or obey the law. I would also rather that they do both, when possible, but sometimes there are situations where they must pick, and I would rather that they pick the choice that serves the public rather than the government. (Remember, copyright is established by the government, to protect artists and scientists, to promote cultural progress; it is not an innate right!)
