News, Reviews, and Commentary on all forms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror audio. Audiobooks, audio drama, podcasts; we discuss all of it here. Mystery, crime, and noir audio are also fair game.
An intellectual property company has been harassing fans that were making audio versions of public domain Robert E. Howard CONAN stories. They’d keep going, but the new fucked-up New Zealand copyright law will shut down their whole operation if the… Read moreCONAN attacks fans
Three reasons to vote NDP: 1. A prime minister named Jack would be very cool. A bald PM named Jack would be even cooler. A bald PM who’s a terrific leader is even cooler. A gloriously bald PM named Jack,… Read moreIf this blog had a lawn…
Just in time to educate voters and candidates about Bill C-61 and the upcoming federal election, CBC Radio One’s Ideas has posted an hour long |MP3| on the topic of Who Owns Ideas?. They talk to lots of folks including… Read moreCBC Radio One’s IDEAS: Who Owns Ideas?
WALL-E, copyright criminal. I just saw Pixar/Disney’s WALL·E. What a sweet and wonderful film! The theatre was full of kids, many of whom were absolutely terrified when it looked like WALL-E might die. Have a listen to the director, Andrew… Read moreWALL-E, a Bill C-61 copyright criminal.
The Spider On The Web podcast, has a terrific Hugo winning story from 1982! This is a story made for BoingBoing.net, its creative commons licensed, a Heinleinesque Science Fiction tale in which a shadowy killer meets with a corrupt senator… Read moreCopyfighting (and Hugo Winning) Science Fiction from Spider Robinson: Melancholy Elephants