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leaving the copyright lane for the public domain

July 8, 2003 4:14 PM - comments (3)

Kim Scarborough sent this (warning: large mp3) wonderful radio show from the Columbia Workshop in 1937 about characters leaving the "copyright lane" for the "public domain." It is a brilliantly complex and funny tale that reveals an understanding about the value of the public domain that would be hard to recognize today.

Posted on July 8, 2003 4:14 PM | | technorati

Comments (3)

July 10, 2003 9:22 AM Nick Kocharhook:

Oh, that IS wonderful! Did Kim say how she came across this gem?

July 15, 2003 7:55 PM J.B. Nicholson-Owens:

I host a radio show on copyright, patent, and Free Software issues called "Digital Citizen" on WEFT 90.1 FM Champaign (2a-6a Wednesdays, I'm hoping to get a better timeslot in August). I thought this recording was delightful. I'm very impressed. I too would like to know how Kim came across this.

Thanks!

July 19, 2003 12:27 PM Sue Paluh:

I'd like to know if that radio program is itself in the Public Domain. How do I find out? I'd like to make a Zip file of it available from my website.

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