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[Tony Baechler]

Hi.  This is wrong in the US.  You are absolutely right in the UK.  The UK 
has more liberal laws anyway.  In the US, anything produced after 1922 is 
under copyright.  It makes no difference whether it is a BBC production or 
a novel.  If someone wants to buy a script and frame it, that is up to 
them, but downloading episodes, whether in text format or not, is illegal 
in the US.  Most of Europe follows what you say below, but please, please 
never assume that other countries have the same laws as yours.  You will be 
wrong almost every time, in particular with copyright.  Trust me, I know I 
am right, but I can give sites to look at if you need more proof.  Look at 
the FAQ at:

http://www.gutenberg.org/

Look at the US copyright office at:

http://www.copyright.gov/

The US has signed treaties with many countries, including the UK, so you 
can plan on UK copyrights being enforced here.  Sorry to disappoint all of you.

At 11:10 AM 4/2/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>the red dwarf scripts are in the public domain for non-comercial and
>educational purposes.
>Textual representations of hundreds of TV shows do that and you can do
>what you want with them, short of selling.
>It's been that way for years - in days gone by, people would frame scripts
>on their walls and stuff.
>The bbc don't care so long as you don't gain from it.