Who fans told to get knitted

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Civil rights advocates the Open Rights Group is pressing the BBC to be more flexible in allowing the public to “remix” its content for non-commercial ends after the broadcaster forced a Doctor Who fan to stop distributing knitting patterns based on the show's characters.

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