They said it couldn't happen. After decades of #antitrust enforcement against #PredatoryPricing - selling goods below cost to kill existing competitors and prevent new ones from arising - the #ChicagoSchool of neoliberal #economists "proved" that predatory pricing didn't exist and that the courts could stand down and stop busting companies for it.
Editor’s note: As a founding member of The Coup and the director of the acclaimed Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley has always brought a social consciousness and activism to his work. Today, t…
Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are rumored to be near to selling their joint online music service, Pressplay, to Roxio; Roxio owns name and assets of Napster, bankrupt former online music service that unleashed era of Internet mus…
#5yrsago A data-broker has been quietly selling realtime access to your cellphone’s location, and they suck, so anyone could get it for free krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/tr…
The America Invents Act changed U.S. patent law to allow preissuance submissions, a mechanism by which third parties can submit patents or printed publications to the United States Patent and Trademar...
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."
In this episode, we feature insights from writer and activist Cory Doctorow, who along with Rebecca Giblin, a professor at Melbourne Law School, co-authored the book ‘Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets…
If you're a @medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming columns and exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
My latest Medium column is "Google's AI Hype Circle: We have to do Bard because everyone else is doing AI; everyone else is doing AI because we're doing Bard"
Next Saturday (May 20), I’ll be at the GAITHERSBURG Book Festival with my novel Red Team Blues; then on May 22, I’m keynoting Public Knowledge’s Emerging Tech conference in DC.
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For years all I’ve ever wanted from TV manufacturers is a “dumb” TV that has a whole bunch of HDMI inputs, but no “smart” internals. Since I know the real money is inc…
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Tomorrow (May 20), I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f…
Monday (May 22), I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech…
Tuesday (May 23), I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes…
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Emerging Tech
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Venture predation: A pile of shit this big MUST have a pony underneath it!
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Cory Doctorow
2023-05-19 15:03:10
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Hey look at this
* #DebtCeiling: What Are þe Fallback Threat Points in þe Case of "No Deal"? braddelong.substack.com/p/debt…
* ‘Sorry To Bother You’ Director #BootsRiley On #WGA Strike, Struggle, Solidarity, Sacrifice & #AI deadline.com/2023/05/wga-strik… (h/t Payday Report)
* Today I learned that #ChurchMolestationLiabilityInsurance is a thing that exists jwz.org/blog/2023/05/today-i-l…
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Writers Strike: Boots Riley On What's At Stake, Solidarity & AI - Column
Boots Riley (Deadline)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#20yrsago Pal Mickey: A location-aware wireless famulus for #WaltDisneyWorld web.archive.org/web/2003052319…
#20yrsago #PressPlay being sold to #Napster nytimes.com/2003/05/19/busines…
#15yrsago UK gov’t wants database of every phone call and email news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7409593…
#15yrsago Microsoft: we listen to broadcasters, not customers eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/micr…
#10yrsago What the #Mounties pirate pirateparty.ca/2013/05/17/rcmp…
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Deal May Raise Napster From Online Ashes
Amy Harmon (The New York Times)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#10yrago #PatentLawyers: Help! The evil Makers won’t let us apply for bullshit #3DPrinting patents! finnegan.com/en/insights/artic…
#5yrsago An interview with #JordanPeterson, who believes in witches and dragons somethingawful.com/news/jordan…
#5yrsago A data-broker has been quietly selling realtime access to your cellphone’s location, and they suck, so anyone could get it for free krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/tr…
#1yrago The impossible scam of US drug plans pluralistic.net/2022/05/19/the…
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Crowdsourcing Prior Art to Defeat 3D Printing Patent Applications
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLPCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#1yrago Your mom is a tech ninja pluralistic.net/2022/05/19/the…
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Pluralistic: 19 May 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Yesterday's threads: How to save the news from Big Tech; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11039035…
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Cory Doctorow
2023-05-18 15:17:51
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •My latest book is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold!
Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:
darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C…
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My latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
chokepointcapitalism.com
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
booksoup.com/book/978080700706…
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Wed, Apr 26th 6pm: Red Team Blues: A Martin Hench Novel HB
Dark DelicaciesCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •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."
craphound.com/shop/
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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances:
* #Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 20
gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f…
* Public Knowledge Emerging Tech keynote (#DC), May 22
eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech…
* WEPFest with Ron Diebert, Dave Bidini and Nancy Olivieri (#Toronto), May 23
westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes…
* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 28
howthelightgetsin.org/events/t…
* #HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay), May 29
howthelightgetsin.org/events/t…
* Red Team Blues event with @TimHarford (#Oxford), May 29
eventbrite.co.uk/e/cory-doctor…
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Emerging Tech
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Red Team Blues event with Christian Riley (#Nottingham), May 30
waterstones.com/events/an-even…
* Red Team Blues event with @cubicgarden (#Manchester), May 31
waterstones.com/events/in-conv…
* UCL Peter Kirstein Lecture, Jun 1 (#London):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirst…
* #Cymera23 Festival, Jun 3 (#Edinburgh)
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-…
* Red Team Blues with #MarthaLaneFox at the #BritishLibrary, Jun 5 (#London):
bl.uk/events/an-evening-with-c…
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Peter Kirstein Lecture 2023 featuring Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Re:publica keynote, Jun 7 (#Berlin)
re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-ke…
* Otherland event for Red Team Blues, Jun 8 (#Berlin)
otherland-berlin.de/de/event-d…
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#rp23 Keynote von Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin: Kreative Arbeitsmärkte und Monopole. | re:publica
republicaCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Recent appearances:
* Crime and Crypto | CYBER (Vice Motherboard)
youtube.com/watch?v=wvRhj9zomK…
* Shakedowns, Shell Games & Other Silicon Valley Shenanigans (MMT Podcast)
pileusmmt.libsyn.com/170-cory-…
* Chokepoint Capitalism's Stranglehold on the Arts (News Beat)
radiopublic.com/news-beat-GKkd…
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Chokepoint Capitalism's Stranglehold on the Arts
Morey Creative Studios (RadioPublic)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •You can also follow these posts as a blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!
Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fak…
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If you're a @medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming columns and exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
My latest Medium column is "Google's AI Hype Circle: We have to do Bard because everyone else is doing AI; everyone else is doing AI because we're doing Bard"
doctorow.medium.com/googles-ai…
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Google’s AI Hype Circle - Cory Doctorow - Medium
Cory Doctorow (Medium)Cory Doctorow
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •techdirt.com/2023/05/19/tv-ind…
TV Industry’s Idea Of Innovation: A Free TV With A Second Small TV That Constantly Shows You Ads
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