The Mansion computer tries one last time to prevent a time incursion and distracts with more from our favourite Barbarian from Broken Sea and a brand new soap from Gypsy Audio called “Gypsy Cove”.
And a special bumper from a Futurama fave!
Tag: Conan
| Cimmerian from Broken Sea arrives for episode 5 and A Substitute Secretary from the 4077yh!
Not to mention a surprise shout out from a Firefly fave… |
The Mansion is going haywire. Something about a time incursion. Meanwhile, everyone’s favourite
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I’ve been reading some great classic Conan comic books, and remembering when Broken Sea did the equally amazing audio drama adaptations of the public domain stories of Robert E. Howard– that is, until CPI threatened legal action on a public domain story.
Well for those who are interested, the barbarian is back. In a collection of Public Domain stories by Howard.
Happy Birthday Bill Hollweg, writer and producer of the Conan audio dramas. My sword arm is always at the ready!
Conan copyright trolls censor fan-readings of public domain stories
From Boing-BoingPosted by Cory Doctorow, February 25, 2009 4:16 AM
The Time Traveler sez, “Broken Sea Audio, a nifty non-profit audiodrama troupe has been threatened with litigation if they continue to adapt ‘public domain’ stories that were written by the late Robert E. Howard: ‘Broken Sea Audio Productions, headquartered in New Zealand, has shut down all their Robert E. Howard projects after receiving another threatening letter from the lawyers for Conan Properties International LLC (aka Paradox Entertainment). CPI is the limited liability company that claims all licensing powers over works by Robert E. Howard worldwide.’
“CPI says that since Broken Sea’s productions reach countries where these stories are not in public domain (a doubtful claim in itself) they have to remove all Conan material from their site. Under this logic, any country could hijack public domain from the rest of the world by just claiming a copyright never expires and could also claim fair use does not exist. ‘Take that etching of Charles Dickens off your website.’ could be the new rule.”
Damned right — IANAL, but I’m pretty sure that if Broken Sea Audio’s free Conan readings infringed upon CPI’s copyrights in Outer Freedonia, CPI’s remedy would be to sue Broken See in Outer Freedonia, and that that unless Broken Sea has assets in Outer Freedonia, the suit would probably end badly for CPI.