Past Programs
Books - Science Fiction - 2007
Creative commons: a challenge for creatives?
25/12/2007
Since the 19th century copyright has served to protect the rights of authors. But has this protection become a hindrance to creativity? Supporters of creative commons licenses say the pendulum has swung too far towards protectionism, and that this is affecting our creative culture.
Creative commons is an alternative copyright regime that can allow people to copy other people's work for free -- as long as it's not-for-profit.
Cory Doctorow has written articles for The Guardian on copy culture. He is passionate about the future of copyright and says a more democratic approach would be better for writers. Cory Doctorow is also a science fiction writer. His latest work is a collection of short stories called Overclocked, which he's published as a book, but it's also available for free on the web under a creative commons license.
For the Book Show, Sarah L'Estrange spoke to Cory Doctorow about why he embraced creative commons.
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Doris Lessing - Nobel prize winner 2007 Read Transcript
12/10/2007
Doris Lessing has been awarded the Nobel prize for literature by the Swedish Academy. Today we're bringing you a conversation Ramona Koval had with her in Edinburgh in 1999 when she'd just published the novel Mara and Dan.
Creative commons: a challenge for creatives?
25/09/2007
Since the 19th century copyright has served to protect the rights of authors. But has this protection become a hindrance to creativity? Supporters of creative commons licenses say the pendulum has swung too far towards protectionism, and that this is affecting our creative culture.
Creative commons is an alternative copyright regime that can allow people to copy other people's work for free -- as long as it's not-for-profit.
Cory Doctorow has written articles for The Guardian on copy culture. He is passionate about the future of copyright and says a more democratic approach would be better for writers. Cory Doctorow is also a science fiction writer. His latest work is a collection of short stories called Overclocked, which he's published as a book, but it's also available for free on the web under a creative commons license.
For the Book Show, Sarah L'Estrange spoke to Cory Doctorow about why he embraced creative commons.
Radio National often provides links to external websites to complement program information. While producers have taken care with all selections, we can neither endorse nor take final responsibility for the content of those sites.
Vale Vonnegut
01/05/2007
Today we're going to hold a festive wake for Kurt Vonnegut, who died last month.
We all know him for Slaughterhouse Five and he's probably one of the most influential post-war American writers.
This is a man who kept saying he was never going to write any more, but kept on doing just that.
Joining the Book Show to consider Vonnegut and his unique writing is Chris Palmer, who teaches in the School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry at La Trobe University in Melbourne. And Terry Lane, broadcaster and writer well known to Radio National listeners. He's a Kurt Vonnegut fan as well.
