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Post by redsharkJason on Nov 12, 2015 20:35:19 GMT
It's been more than a year and a half (April 10, 2014) since a Big Finish "in print" CD which previously hasn't been available in digital format, has then later been made download purchasable. Those latest titles are: Maltese Penguin and Return of the Daleks (during Paul Spragg's time).
Considering that there was word from Big Finish management a year ago within the old forum (especially the Bernice Summerfield threads) that someone was actively working on making some of the "CD only" titles download available. I'm quite surprised that 1 or 2 digital stories haven't squeaked out by now.
In this digital age, is anyone else surprised about the lack of progress to make some of the older Big Finish CD titles (even just a few more) digitally available? Perhaps with its required licensing renegotiation, it's financially not worth someone's while?
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Post by Tony Jones on Nov 12, 2015 20:45:20 GMT
Some good points there. I wonder how we find out, maybe a letter to Vortex
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Post by Shalott on Nov 12, 2015 20:49:49 GMT
Given the sheer number of high profile releases BF have coming up, I wouldn't be surprised if sorting out digital rights to old ranges had been moved to the back burner. I'm not sure downloads of old Benny and Gallifrey stories would add enough to the Big Finish coffers to justify the man hours involved.
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Post by Tony Jones on Nov 12, 2015 21:22:56 GMT
Still might be worth a letter
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Post by redsharkJason on Nov 13, 2015 0:03:26 GMT
Ignoring the Benny "CD only" single releases range (too many excellent stories to choose from). The random pick title that I would most like to see digitalized is Shada (December bonus II).
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Post by agentten on Nov 13, 2015 1:04:17 GMT
I'm quite surprised that Gallifrey 1-3 are not available digitally.
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Post by apdalek22 on Nov 13, 2015 1:21:25 GMT
What issues exactly hold up releases from being switched to digital
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Post by omega on Nov 13, 2015 1:37:57 GMT
I'm surprised that Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback hasn't been made digital yet. It's the only one in the range that's format exclusive and the range started over ten years ago (2002 for the first season and late 2005/early 2006 for season two).
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Post by redsharkJason on Nov 13, 2015 3:05:15 GMT
It was fan friendly that Big Finish made JNT Memoirs, Nicholas Courtney Memoirs and some of the DWM promo disc stories digitally available after long being out of print.
It looks like the full version of JNT Memoirs is free to download from the Army of Death subscriber's bonus content. I haven't utilized that option yet, because I have the 2 JNT volumes on disc.
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Post by komodo on Nov 13, 2015 4:25:24 GMT
It's legal stuff. Some of the original contracts did not include distribution in electronic format, so they need to be updated and re-signed.
The problem is that every contributor to the project has to sign and not all of them answer their mail.
Big Finish has tried to resolve this, but for each "CD only" release there is at least one party who either refuses to sign or simply isn't responding. Apparently voice talent are not the problem, but other people involved. There is nothing Big Finish can do until the signatures are collected and its probably a waste of resources to pursue them with any real effort.
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Post by omega on Nov 13, 2015 4:41:54 GMT
I'm wondering if there are any Benny ones that have been all cleared, but are waiting the rest of the season to be similarly green-lit to go for commercial download release. It'll also be lots of work for Sue to upgrade the covers from the 315x315 that are up presently!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 6:34:51 GMT
I'm wondering if there are any Benny ones that have been all cleared, but are waiting the rest of the season to be similarly green-lit to go for commercial download release. It'll also be lots of work for Sue to upgrade the covers from the 315x315 that are up presently! I wouldn't have thought so, as SJS 1.1 is CD only but the rest are avalable on download.
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Post by redsharkJason on Nov 13, 2015 17:52:37 GMT
I'm wondering if there are any Benny ones that have been all cleared, but are waiting the rest of the season to be similarly green-lit to go for commercial download release. If staff really were assigned (James Goss seemed to be involved at one point) to actively work on making Benny's older single releases digitally available. One could entertain that some of its stories would have ultimately been green lighted for approval. So I agree with you, I do think that a stash of Bernice Summerfield stories have been "cleared" to be eventually download purchasable. It will also be interesting to see if The Squire's Crystal and The Glass Prison novels with Jacqueline Rayner's help (she has mentioned in the past that she's open to this) are digitally released by Big Finish. An audio adaption of both those novels would be fantastic as well.
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Post by randomjc on Nov 13, 2015 18:02:57 GMT
I'm wondering if there are any Benny ones that have been all cleared, but are waiting the rest of the season to be similarly green-lit to go for commercial download release. If staff really were assigned (James Goss seemed to be involved at one point) to actively work on making Benny's older single releases digitally available. One could entertain that some of its stories would have ultimately been green lighted for approval. So I agree with you, I do think that a stash of Bernice Summerfield stories have been "cleared" to be eventually download purchasable. It will also be interesting to see if The Squire's Crystal and The Glass Prison novels with Jacqueline Rayner's help (she has mentioned in the past that she's open to this) are digitally released by Big Finish. An audio adaption of both those novels would be fantastic as well. If they're in the works to adapt those stories into audio formats, they could be waiting for them to get further along to release the download only versions. So one can feed into the other, as far as sales.
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Post by redsharkJason on Nov 14, 2015 4:20:30 GMT
Not forgetting the accompanying Bernice Summerfield: The Plague Herds of Excelis.
The third and final part of the Doctor Who: Excelis series (Excelis Decays) is another mystery digital holdout.
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Post by seeley on Nov 14, 2015 4:33:06 GMT
Not forgetting the accompanying Bernice Summerfield: The Plague Herds of Excelis. The third and final part of the Doctor Who: Excelis series ( Excelis Decays) is another mystery digital holdout. It's not really a mystery, is it? Craig Hinton died in 2006.
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Post by redsharkJason on Nov 14, 2015 4:52:15 GMT
Not forgetting the accompanying Bernice Summerfield: The Plague Herds of Excelis. The third and final part of the Doctor Who: Excelis series ( Excelis Decays) is another mystery digital holdout. It's not really a mystery, is it? Craig Hinton died in 2006. I vaguely remember there being a reason, but I had forgotten. What happens in those situations where an author dies? Especially in circumstances where their intellectual property rights are not bequeathed to a family member? No dice - I guess?
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Post by omega on Nov 14, 2015 5:12:46 GMT
It's not really a mystery, is it? Craig Hinton died in 2006. I vaguely remember there being a reason, but I had forgotten. What happens in those situations where an author dies? Especially in circumstances where their intellectual property rights are not bequeathed to a family member? No dice - I guess? Maybe it goes back to the editors of the ranges their stories were initially published in. There are some cases where the rights go to the families, like Terry Nation, Graham Williams and Douglas Adams.
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Post by redsharkJason on Nov 14, 2015 5:35:51 GMT
I vaguely remember there being a reason, but I had forgotten. What happens in those situations where an author dies? Especially in circumstances where their intellectual property rights are not bequeathed to a family member? No dice - I guess? Maybe it goes back to the editors of the ranges their stories were initially published in. There are some cases where the rights go to the families, like Terry Nation, Graham Williams and Douglas Adams. Time's Champion was published after Craig Hinton's death.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2015 8:08:08 GMT
It's not really a mystery, is it? Craig Hinton died in 2006. I vaguely remember there being a reason, but I had forgotten. What happens in those situations where an author dies? Especially in circumstances where their intellectual property rights are not bequeathed to a family member? No dice - I guess? The rights belong to the deceased's estate, so BF would need to negotiate with Craig's next of kin.
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