In this “pre-episode” episode, Brion and I introduce ourselves and layout what the Roundtable Podcast actually IS.
[NOTE: The legal segment of this episode is NOT ACCURATE. We’ll be recording a follow up once we do more research]
Roundtable Podcast: Episode Zero
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Episode Content
Below are the time codes for the topics discussed in this episode
00:00 – 05:50 Introduction
00:58 What’s an Episode Zero?
1:17 Dave and Brion – connections and backgrounds
1:45 Rabbit Hole Radio Theatre / OpenStage Theatre (www.openstagetheatre.org)
2:30 When Brion met Dave…
3:18 Virtues of collaborative writing
4:18 The inspiration for The Roundtable Podcast
5:50 Goals and Objectives
7:25 Esteemed Guest Hosts
8:30 Brion’s Goals
10:10 Brion’s Book
11:05 Dave’s Goals
11:54 Dave and Brion’s Podosphere experiences (including www.pseudopod.org)
17:45 Looking forward to writers’ “Success Stories”
18:40 Leaning towards genre (fantasy, scifi, etc) but not exclusively
20:29 Show Format
20:48 Promos and Bumpers
22:30 Explicit warning
23:37 Potential for conflict
25:34 Legal stuff (we are NOT lawyers!)
THIS CONTENT IS INACCURATE
We will follow up with accurate legal info in a later episode
31:46 Formal Launch Date – March 6th
33:29 Feedback is WELCOME!
34:45 Wrap up
35:58 Outro
Hey! You can check it out on iTunes, too!
As requested, here’s a post saying “Dude, you guys are totally wrong” on the copyright stuff–except for the bit about ideas being uncopyrightable.
Anyone engaged in an Intellectual Property-related endeavor needs to have (and read) a copy of NOLO Press’s “The Copyright Handbook,” and I’ll be delighted to talk about things when I come on the ‘cast (thanks for the kind invite, David!). For those interested, Passive Guy (a literary lawyer) just covered some of the basics of copyright on his blog. YOu can find the post here: http://www.thepassivevoice.com/01/2012/do-you-hold-e-rights-to-your-traditionally-published-book/
This project sounds like a lot of fun–loved the whole episode except for the copyright part, which had me wincing big time 😉
Looking forward to watching the project unfold!
-Dan
Thanks, Dan. We both realized we were under-prepared for that section and we appreciate the helpful nod to the resources (before we alienated anyone or ended up serving long jail terms). 😉
Brion, let’s do some research and post a page on the accurate legal terrain we’re dealing with.
Looking forward to having you on the show, Dan!
Really enjoyed episode zero! Absolutely agree with Dave’s “Nothing-to-look-forward-to Tuesday,” idea. Had me laughing all throughout and look forward to episode one, on a Tuesday ahaha.
Thanks, Efrain! Glad to hear there’s a kindred spirit out there and that my lobbying for the banning of Tuesdays is gaining traction. 😉
Not only does this seem fun, but objective feedback is something that every budding author needs. Thanks for setting this up!
Glad to do it, Joshua! We’re as pumped as you are and looking forward to some great discussions, a lot of laughs , and at least one epiphany every three episodes.