Copyright Issues?

It’s a wet Wednesday morning and you get an email saying you’ve got an infringement of copyright and an old video you made. Can’t believe it, minor issue, very petty. I thought the audio track was in the Public Domain. It’s a very old Bukka White recording and would have been issued on a 78rpm disc.

So Bukka White made no money in his lifetime, I’ve never made any money for writing or making videos but some corporation thinks it has a right to interfere. That’s lawyers for you.

The video lasts a minute and is a rapid sequence of dinners I ate. It’s hardly been seen by anyone.

Market Kitchen Back on UKTV…so?

The return of Market Kitchen on UKTV Food. I can never figure out if I hate this show and deliberatly avoid it. Easy bit. Alternatively they often show interesting and intrigueing items and you want to tune in. “Matt cooks sweet lemon, ginger and walnut pasta based on a recipe from a Florentine restaurant“. That’s what it says in the listings. Tell me more..

Starts Monday 15th 1900h, new show every weekday, repeated every day and the next day, it’s a digital Tv channel. The website is packed full of recipes, video clips…if you’ve run out of ideas you can borrow one from them.

Maple Syrup off the menu?

Shady Farm Maple Syrup

Got my head around the steep price rise of Maple Syrup. It’s not a major selling product in Britain. There are cheaper syrups and cheap sugar available. But nothing compares to Maple Syrup. Apparently two successive poor harvests with production down by a third. Oh well…