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Inside: How my DRM-free principles left me owning the rights to a German audiobook; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: How my DRM-free principles left me owning the rights to a German audiobook; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/07/21/mar…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Support me this summer in the Clarion Write-A-Thon and help raise money for the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop! This summer, I'm writing "The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to AI," a short book for Farrar, Straus and Giroux that explains how to be an effective AI critic:
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Clarion Write-a-Thon | Cory Doctorow
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How my DRM-free principles left me owning the rights to a German audiobook: This isn't my usual crowdfunder!
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Cory Doctorow
2025-07-21 12:27:09
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Everything Else newleftreview.org/sidecar/post… (h/t JWZ)
* UBC discourages its privacy impact assessments’ inclusion on hub created by former staffer ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-discourage…
* Patient Care Technology Disruptions Associated With the CrowdStrike Outage jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
* Zuckerberg Is Expanding His Secretive Hawaii Compound. It Sits Atop a Burial Ground wired.com/story/mark-zuckerber…
* The Incredible Shrinking Trump Antitrust Enforcers thebignewsletter.com/p/monopol…
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Caitlín Doherty, Everything Else — Sidecar
SidecarCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago What we talk about when we talk about “Internet addiction” nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015…
#10yrsago Los Angeles is selling off some very odd lots, including a sidewalk corner latimes.com/business/la-fi-red…
#10yrsago Rare look at how big business defends “Investor State Dispute Settlements” techdirt.com/2015/07/20/eu-pro…
#5yrsago Dems vote to fund more DHS invasions of US cities pluralistic.net/2020/07/20/no-…
#5yrsago Grifters started the anti-mask movement pluralistic.net/2020/07/20/no-…
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For sale: a sliver of sidewalk and other 'challenging' L.A. properties
Roger Vincent (Los Angeles Times)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Michigan Supreme Court to review teenager's no-homework jail sentence pluralistic.net/2020/07/20/no-…
#1yrago AI art has no anti-cooption immune system pluralistic.net/2024/07/20/ran…
#1yrago FCC strikes a blow against prison profiteering pluralistic.net/2024/07/19/mar…
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Pluralistic: 20 Jul 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Saturday's threads: Conspiratorialism and neoliberalism; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2025-07-19 18:11:15
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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
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My next nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," out from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 7:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Cory Doctorow
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso 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
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Upcoming appearances:
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, Oct 8
politics-prose.com/cory-doctor…
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12, 2025
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* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
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Booksmith presents: Cory Doctorow Enshittification
Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* ORG at 20: In conversation with Maria Farrell
youtube.com/watch?v=M9H2An_D6i…
* Why aren't we controlling our own tech? (Co-Op Congress)
youtube.com/live/GLrDwHgeCy4?s…
* If We Had a Choice, Would We Invent Social Media Again?
youtube.com/watch?v=KJw38uIcmE…
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Pluralistic: How my DRM-free principles left me owning the rights to a German audiobook (21 Jul 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Support me this summer in the Clarion Write-A-Thon and help raise money for the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop! This summer, I'm writing "The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to AI," a short book for Farrar, Straus and Giroux that explains how to be an effective AI critic:
clarionwriteathon.com/members/…
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