Documents related to licencing for music used in the "Nemesis" documentary [2]
Dear Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
I hereby submit a request under the FOI Act for the following document/s:
1. Communications (including but not limited to emails) from ABC staff to
external organisations/agencies, and vice versa, related to the
commissioning or licencing of music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
This does not include communications exclusively between ABC staff.
2. Copies of licences/agreements for music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
3. Invoices paid for licencing of music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
4. The total cost of licencing music for the "Nemesis" documentary.
5. The total cost of production of the "Nemesis" documentary, per episode.
I agree to the creation of a document or documents which satisfies points 4 and 5.
I agree to the exclusion of duplicates and early parts of email streams which are captured in later email streams.
I agree to the redaction of personal details (e.g. full names, contact numbers/emails etc) of ABC staff if deemed necessary. This does not include the job titles of ABC staff which are still to be included.
Warm regards,
Daniel M
ABC FOI 202425-004
Good afternoon Daniel M
Thank you for your email below, sent Monday 8 July 2024, seeking under the Freedom of Information Act (Cth) 1982 (FOI Act):
1. Communications (including but not limited to emails) from ABC staff to external organisations/agencies, and vice versa, related to the commissioning or licencing of music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
This does not include communications exclusively between ABC staff.
2. Copies of licences/agreements for music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
3. Invoices paid for licencing of music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
4. The total cost of licencing music for the "Nemesis" documentary.
5. The total cost of production of the "Nemesis" documentary, per episode.
I agree to the creation of a document or documents which satisfies points 4 and 5.
I agree to the exclusion of duplicates and early parts of email streams which are captured in later email streams.
I agree to the redaction of personal details (e.g. full names, contact numbers/emails etc) of ABC staff if deemed necessary. This does not include the job titles of ABC staff which are still to be included.
A decision on your request is due by Wednesday 7 August 2024, subject to any suspension of the processing period or extension of time under the FOI Act.
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Based on preliminary enquiries, we note that for point 5, the ABC is not able to provide a 'per episode' costing. Would you be happy for the total cost of producing the 3 part documentary to be in scope instead?
Thank you for notifying you are happy to exclude duplicates found in early parts of email streams. If any attached documents are represented in more than one email, in the exact same form, we propose to make a decision on one version of that attachment only.
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From: Daniel <[FOI #11642 email]>
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2024 10:29 AM
To: FOI ABC <[ABC request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Documents related to licencing for music used in the "Nemesis" documentary [2]
Dear Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
I hereby submit a request under the FOI Act for the following document/s:
1. Communications (including but not limited to emails) from ABC staff to external organisations/agencies, and vice versa, related to the commissioning or licencing of music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
This does not include communications exclusively between ABC staff.
2. Copies of licences/agreements for music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
3. Invoices paid for licencing of music for the "Nemesis" documentary series.
4. The total cost of licencing music for the "Nemesis" documentary.
5. The total cost of production of the "Nemesis" documentary, per episode.
I agree to the creation of a document or documents which satisfies points 4 and 5.
I agree to the exclusion of duplicates and early parts of email streams which are captured in later email streams.
I agree to the redaction of personal details (e.g. full names, contact numbers/emails etc) of ABC staff if deemed necessary. This does not include the job titles of ABC staff which are still to be included.
Warm regards,
Daniel M
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Hi ABC FOI team,
Thank you for your reply.
Please see answers to your questions/proposals below:
"Would you be happy for the total cost of producing the 3 part documentary to be in scope instead?"
Yes.
"If any attached documents are represented in more than one email, in the exact same form, we propose to make a decision on one version of that attachment only."
I apologise however I'm not sure I understand. Could you please clarify this proposal?
To be specific, I agree to the exclusion of duplicates of documents (i.e. I don't need the same document twice) and the exclusion of early parts of email streams which are captured in later email streams (i.e. if an email reply contains the original correspondence that it is replying to, I don't need the original email - only the reply, since it already contains the original email itself).
Yours sincerely,
Daniel M