Thread by @doctorow

Last October, @scribepub published the commonwealth edition of #ChokepointCapitalism, the book @rgibli and I wrote about how monopolistic labour markets are rigged, and how we need to think beyond #copyright to get artists paid:

scribepublications.co.uk/books-authors/… 1/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2023/01/30/i-c… 2/

Now, I'm headed to #Australia to tour the book there with Rebecca, with dates in #Brisbane, #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra (no Perth or NZ this time, alas). 3/

It's my first time back to Oz since the #Walkaway tour in 2017 - the tour where Rebecca and I conceived of this book, as it happens! 4/

First up is #Brisbane, with a talk and signing at Avid Books on Feb 8 at 6PM, hosted by @GriffithReview's Carody Culver:

avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-Cho…

Next is #Melbourne, where we'll be back at @ACMI on Feb 14 at 630PM, in an event hosted by @_esther:

acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co… 5/

Then we're in #Sydney for a Feb 15 event at @statelibrarynsw, starting at 6PM, hosted by @madconnaughton:

sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo… 6/

We close out the trip with two nights in #Canberra. First, we're at the @ANUmedia Cultural Centre with @ALeighMP, Australia's assistant #Competition minister, on Feb 16 at 6PM (co-sponsored by the @canberratimes):

anu.edu.au/events/in-conv… 7/

And finally, we're giving a keynote address for @Aus_Digital's Copyright Forum 2023 on Feb 17:

digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc…

I hope you can make it! Australia is one of my favourite places in the world and I've never had a bad event there. 8/