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The learned helplessness of Pete Buttigieg: Section 41712(a) or bust.

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The apocalyptic Christmas airline meltdown stranded thousands of Americans, ruining vacations and costing them a fortune. It wasn't just #SouthwestAirlines' meltdown, either - as stranded fliers sought alternatives, airlines like #AA raised the price of some domestic coach tickets to over $10,000.

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Hey look at this

* The Damage Done by the Otherwise Ineffectual Open Gaming License gsllcblog.com/2019/08/26/part3… (h/t Robert Adducci)

* Antitrust Enforcers to Ban Indentured Servitude mattstoller.substack.com/p/ant…

* Solicitous dictatorship. The political economy of authoritarianism adamtooze.substack.com/p/chart… (h/t Naked Capitalism)

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#15yrsago Scribd introduces copyright filter memex.craphound.com/2007/12/07…

#15yrsago Why it’s good to leave your WiFi open wired.com/2008/01/securitymatt…

#15yrsago Realityland: the secret history of Walt Disney World memex.craphound.com/2007/12/17…

#10yrsago Law of Superheroes: law-school seen through comic-book heroes’ lens memex.craphound.com/2012/12/20…

#10yrsago Nexus: fast technothriller about transhuman drug crackdown memex.craphound.com/2012/12/18…

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#10yrsago A Rule is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy memex.craphound.com/2012/12/14…

#10yrsago Early Pirate Bay server now in a museum torrentfreak.com/first-pirate-…

#5yrsago Easiest excuse for taking freedom: security jacobin.com/2012/12/yours-mine…

#1yrago Personnel are policy: The Dems may do something to materially improve voters' lives. Maybe. pluralistic.net/2022/01/10/see…

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

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Upcoming appearances:

* Library Learning Experience/American Library Association (#NewOrleans), Jan 27-30
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* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (UCL Faculty of Laws), Feb 1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2023/feb…

* Future of Arts, Culture & Technology, ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-conver…

* Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum (#Canberra), Feb 17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doct…

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If you're a Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "NYT: Binding Arbitration For Thee, But Not For Me"

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ah, the scribd copyright filter.

I need to write up my experience with their copyright agent (of course I need to really write up anything as it's been 10 months since I last did.)

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growing up I was desparate for a "joy buzzer" but living in the Home Counties, UK, there wasn't much chance unfortunately :D
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- As a consumer advocate for #airline passengers, I can confirm that the regulatory failure has been thoroughly bipartisan. Here's my analysis and prescription for what the U.S. government could do to avert another Southwest Airlines meltdown: hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/00…

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