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Inside: Github pledges legal aid for interoperators; and more!

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Github pledges legal aid for interoperators: Youtube-dl's legacy.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1421850438832295937

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got a Disney insignia web.archive.org/web/2006120920…

#15yrsago How thieves steal RFID-enabled cars wired.com/2006/08/carkey/

#15yrsago Diebold voting machines can be beaten with a switch-flip web.archive.org/web/2006100712…

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#10yrsago Official London anti-terrorist publication says anarchists should be reported to local police web.archive.org/web/2011080123…

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#10yrsago Perma-cookie wars continue: KISSMetrics sneaks cookies back onto your computer even if you turn off every cookie vector papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

#10yrsago French copyright enforcers: “Pirates are big spenders on legit content” techdirt.com/articles/20110…

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#10yrsago What Murdoch’s media empire did: the big picture web.archive.org/web/2011080511…

#10yrsago Flowchart shows the complexity of the New Zealand’s Internet Disconnection copyright law web.archive.org/web/2011110504…

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#10yrsago Stephen Fry vs Ann Widdecombe: Catholic Church

#10yrsago Freedom of Information requests show that UK copyright consultation was a stitch-up; Internet disconnection rules are a foregone conclusion torrentfreak.com/digital-econom…

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#5yrsago Hugo Gernsback’s introduction to the first issue of Amazing Stories, 1926 brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/148297242…

#5yrsago The history of the home pregnancy test is a microcosm of misogyny, chauvinism, and erasure nytimes.com/2016/07/31/opi…

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#5yrsago Woman judge discovers that female arrestees are frequently denied pants, feminine hygiene products refinery29.com/en-us/2016/07/…

#1yrago A deep dive into Mexico's new copyright law pluralistic.net/2020/08/01/set…

#1yrago Populism is good for your health pluralistic.net/2020/08/01/set…

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#1yrago Grace is going home pluralistic.net/2020/08/01/set…

#1yrago Challenge questions suck pluralistic.net/2020/07/31/hal…

#1yrago Apple's internal Right to Repair fight pluralistic.net/2020/07/31/hal…

#1yrago Self-bricking medical device pluralistic.net/2020/07/31/hal…

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#1yrago Mexico's copyright vs self-determination and national sovereignty pluralistic.net/2020/07/31/hal…

#1yrago I'm being inducted into the Canadian SF/F hall of fame pluralistic.net/2020/07/31/hal…

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Friday's threads: Games Workshop declares war on its customers (again); and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1421218224104873988

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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."

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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av…

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, 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:

* Privacy Without Monopoly, @Defcon 29, Aug 7
defcon.org/html/defcon-29…

* Keynote speaker, The Quills Conference, Aug 12-15
quillsconference.com

* From Wayback to Way Forward: The @InternetArchive turns 25, Oct 21
eventbrite.com/e/from-wayback…

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Recent appearances:

* Building the Digital Commons (@MoneyontheLeft)
moneyontheleft.org/2021/08/01/bui…

* Reset the Internet? (Project Syndicate)
project-syndicate.org/podcasts/reset…

* Trustbusting (@NicoleSandler)


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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt @McRockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…

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

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My latest @Medium column is "Now you’ve got two problems," part three of a series on themepark design, queing theory, immersive entertainment, and load-balancing.

doctorow.medium.com/now-youve-got-…

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @[e-mail].

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Today's top sources: @Slashdot (slashdot.org).

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