**FIRST EMAIL**/FIRST on PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer tonight!

[Nita]

It's starting in 2 minutes here! (Where 159 resides in....)
::leaves to get to TV in time::

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Nita

It's starting in 2 minutes here! (Where 159 resides in....)
::leaves to get to TV in time::

don't worry. you have a good 40 minutes of filler untill they show it.

[JoelP]

Someone upload it to google video or something PLEASE!!!

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by JoelP

Someone upload it to google video or something PLEASE!!!

Here is a temp link to it

Removed to avoid any conflict (described below)

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

Here is a temp link to it

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...2821e14ac3a 8

Thanks
I'll be sure to use this in my presentation thursday!

[Beth Sweet]

I was very impressed by the accuracy of the report. I only noticed the one mix-up of calling it nationals instead of championship (the national event featuring teams from multiple countries). And I was thrilled at the final concentration of the piece, the GP on Einstein

[Kyle Fenton]

Here is a WMV version of the episode

Removed to avoid any conflict (described below)

[fimmel]

thanks for the vid there great!!!!

[Cory]

This was probably the best special on FIRST, and I've always been a harsh critic of most.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

I was very impressed by the accuracy of the report.

How about the "rubber balls"

Can't expect journalists to get their facts right, wait.... thats their job .
Other wise it was really well done and enjoyable to watch.

[anna~marie]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

How about the "rubber balls"

I just assumed that they weren't allowed to use the real name, you know? Trademarks or something, but whatever, close enough

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by anna~marie

I just assumed that they weren't allowed to use the real name, you know? Trademarks or something, but whatever, close enough

Ding ding! Trademarks are only supposed to be used if they are the main topic of the story. (aka if you're doing a story on tissues you wouldn't say Kleenex)

[Dillon Compton]

I got the segment courtesy of Kyle Fenton, and have uploaded it to our team site, since the yousendit will only stick around for 7 days.

http://www.masteryrobotics.org/video.htm

This will remain up untill I run so far out of server space that I need those 47.7 mb. Enjoy.

[Miss Summer]

That was such a good segment. It made me get all nostalgic even though championship was only like two and a half weeks ago.

It was so funny seeing our mentor Rob Mainieri freaking out after we won a match. Oh, And you guys probably didn't notice, but while they were interviewing our mentor in front of that field between the pits and the dome, they had us like play with a poof ball in the background. Pretty hillarious.

And I pretty much fell in love with 159 after watching that. You guys are freaking awesome. But I think you should recruit more girls for your team. -nudgenudge- At least, it didn't seem like there were many...but I know how news segments can me.

Anywho...that was a happy couple of minutes for me, watching that.

Fo Sho.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by JoelP

Someone upload it to google video or something PLEASE!!!

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

Here is a temp link to it
<link removed>

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

Here is a WMV version of the episode
<link removed>

Originally Posted by Dillon Compton

I got the segment courtesy of Kyle Fenton, and have uploaded it to our team site, since the yousendit will only stick around for 7 days.
<link removed>
This will remain up untill I run so far out of server space that I need those 47.7 mb. Enjoy.

Whoops. Here we go again... (we go through this discussion every year - see this thread and this thread for prior examples. Yes, we have had this discussion before.)

Not to be a wet blanket here or anything, but you do all realize that you are engaging in piracy, don't you? What you are doing is a blatently illegal activity.

The Public Broadcasting System broadcast of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer segment featuring the FIRST robotics competition is a commercial broadcast, and it is not in the public domain. MacNeil/Lehrer Productions retain all right to the material in that broadcast, including all content, intellectual property, and rebroadcasting rights. It is their program, and they have not given any FIRST teams permission to capture it, store it, or make it available to anyone else. MacNeil/Lehrer Productions retain all the rights to that show, and we are honor-bound to respect those rights.

Yes, it is a really cool show. Yes, lots of us want to see it. Yes, folks are "only trying to help" by making copies of it available on the web for those that did not get to see the broadcast. But the fact is making an illegal copy of a broadcast program and posting it for public download is an illegal act, no matter how well intentioned you may be.

You have two options if you missed this show: watch the show on PBS when it is re-broadcast (as Andy mentioned, it is being broadcast again on May 23), or obtain a legal, licenced copy from a permitted source (e.g. buy a copy from PBS).

If you have captued the show and are hosting it for download, you are infringing on the rights of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions to control and distribute material that they - not you - own. You are committing piracy of a copyrighted product, and you are breaking the law. If you are downloading the show from one of these sources to view it, then - there is no nice way to say this - you are a thief. Modifiers such as "it is only a little thing" or "everybody is doing it" or "it's not for me, it's for the team" or "I wouldn't buy it anyway" or "I'm not selling it to make any money" don't make any difference - you are a thief.

Look, nobody is trying to be exceptionally pedantic about this. PBS is not likely to jump all over you and call the police just because you set up a mirror site. But part of our purpose here is to set an example for the teams of professional behavior. Part of being a professional includes a respect for the law - including copyright law. Plus, it is a simple matter of courtesy to ask someone that has developed such materials if they mind if you copy their materials to your site. Doing so, in addition to avoiding a copyright violation, is an act of respect for the efforts of the producers of the show, and is just plain good manners.

-dave