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Good riddance to the Open Gaming License: Hasbro accidentally gives us more freedom.

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Last week, Gizmodo's Linda Codega caught a fantastic scoop - a leaked report of #Hasbro's plan to revoke the decades-old #OpenGamingLicense, which subsidiary #WizardsOfTheCoast promulgated as an allegedly #open sandbox for people seeking to extend, remix or improve #DungeonsAndDragons:

gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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John Deere's repair fake-out: So many strings attached.

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Last week, a seeming miracle came to pass: #JohnDeere, the #BigAg #monopolist that - along with #Apple - has led the Axis of Evil that killed, delayed and sabotaged dozens of #RightToRepair laws, sued for peace, announcing a Memorandum of Understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation to make it easier for farmers to fix their own tractors:

fb.org/files/AFBF_John_Deere_M…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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Hey look at this

* A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects wired.com/story/sweepwizard-po…

* Watch a Cranky Marshall McLuhan Explain the Future of Ads and the Internet in 1966 paleofuture.com/blog/2023/1/11…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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#20yrsago Ground broken on Hong Kong Disneyland news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacif…

#10yrsago @quinn on #AaronSwartz quinnnorton.com/said/?p=644

#10yrsago @lessig on the DoJ’s vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz lessig.tumblr.com/post/4034746…

#10yrsago RIP, Aaron Swartz memex.craphound.com/2013/01/12…

#5yrsago NERD HARDER! FBI Director reiterates faith-based belief in working crypto that he can break reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyb…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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#5yrsago A brief history of how the rich world brutalized and looted Haiti, a country the US owes its very existence to theintercept.com/2018/01/12/ha…

#5yrsago Scottish police confirm requests from world governments to find money laundered through “the UK’s homegrown secrecy vehicle” archive.news.stv.tv/politics/1…

#5yrsago UK tax authority, gutted by austerity and buried by Brexit, can’t deal with the crime revealed by the Paradise Papers theguardian.com/politics/2018/…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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Yesterday's threads: Deena Mohamed's 'Shubiek Lubiek'; and more!

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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Deena Mohamed's 'Shubiek Lubiek'; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/11//

#Pluralistic

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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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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Signed copies available from Book Soup:

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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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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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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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."

craphound.com/shop/

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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Upcoming appearances:

* Library Learning Experience/American Library Association (#NewOrleans), Jan 27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doc…

* 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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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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Recent appearances:

* The Majority Report with Sam Seder
majorityreportradio.com/2023/0…

* Decoder:
open.spotify.com/episode/6pVSj…

* Plutopia
plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-chok…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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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"

doctorow.medium.com/nyt-bindin…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

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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"

doctorow.medium.com/nyt-bindin…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

wow. Both the OGL and the John Deere "fuckery" are just breathtaking. Mass has a Right To Repair law but it's been on the books for a couple years now and nothing has happened because the manufacturers say it is "too hard" to implement. Doesn't seem right, does it?

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@jdarnold I'd like to introduce you to Tim Cook whose idea of "right to repair" means a loaning users thousands of dollars worth of equipment at a cost only slightly less with more hassle than just paying Apple, the latter coming with no risk users iPhones won't be damaged worse necessitating a trip to the Genius Bar in the end. Apple's right to pair offering comes with a middle finger firmly planted in the air.
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@Gartenberg @jdarnold Yup! doctorow.medium.com/apples-cem…
in reply to Cory Doctorow

has written a really solid review of the D&D OGL debacle. I read it and now I understand things much better. #OGL #DND #DND5e #ttrpg #rpg