[sumo] NHK and Subscription Fees

[Achim Pawelczyk]

In Europe JSTV (about the same as TV Japan) broadcasts time delayed on 
the day, Eurosport only the digest.
Without paying the big JSTV Subscription Fee you still have the NHK live 
news with maybe the 3 top bouts. And you can listen to the English 
commentary. NHK gets no fee, but you are supposed to have paid your 
public viewing fee anyway according to the rules in your country.

NHK and the NSK could someday decide on sumo to be put into the free 
International Broadcast - not likely though.
Lately Holyday Interview with the former Kotozakura (last Sadogatake) or 
Close-Up Gendai on Kotooshu going for ozeki were shown.
Also not to be missed is the appearance of Demon Kogure on the news show 
"Tsunagaru Terebi".
The report on Hakuho's first try was scrambled - as always only the 
secondary sound free.


Mike Charlton schrieb:
> I know a little bit about copyright.
> 
> It is, indeed, not a human right.  It is a limited monopoly to create
> copies.  The reasoning is that having works of art in the public
> domain is good for society.  So ideally as many works as possible
> should be in the public domain.  But, if all works of art were in the
> public domain, there would be less incentive to create them.

Imagine which great works we would miss.
The brilliant ideas that might have failed to take form without the 
incentive to prevent its free use.

Akinomaki