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Inside: Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/10/sof…

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Today (May 10), I'm in #VANCOUVER for a keynote at the #OSSummit:

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And a book event tonight at #HeritageHall:

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Tomorrow (May 11), I'm in #CALGARY for @WordfestTweets:

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Two principles to protect internet users from decaying platforms: Don't just try to make platforms better - make them less important.



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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: End to End; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/07/dis…

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Today (3/7) I'm doing a remote talk for #TUWien:

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On 3/9, I'm in person in #Austin at @utsdct:

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And remote at #UManitoba:

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On 3/10, @Rgibli and I kick off @SXSW's readings:

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End to End: Willing speakers should reach willing listeners.

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40 years ago, giant entertainment companies embarked on a slow-moving act of arson. The fuel for this arson was #copyright #TermExtension (making copyrights last longer), including *retrospective* copyright term extensions that took works out of the #PublicDomain. 1/ A montage of works that enter the public domain on Jan 1, 20
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Term extension put public domain works back into copyright for decades. Vast swathes of culture became off-limits, pseudo-property with absentee landlords, with much of it crumbling into dust. 3/
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