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How can an original "short (plot) summary" be written prior to the broadcast of the relevant episode? Answer: "It can't"edit
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@ CPATH10 (talk It is in violation of copyright (The BBC's) We do NOT copy material from publications. We compose our own, otherwise we are in violation of copyright. How can an original "short (plot) summary" be written PRIOR to the broadcast of the relevant episode? Answer: "It can't". Compose your own after you have watched the episode. – – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 12:11, 20 August 2013 (UTC)Reply
