This day in history
2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.
#20yrsago Bertelsmann sued over Napster https://web.archive.org/web/20030401204805/http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985285.html
#15yrsago Random House Audio abandons audiobook DRM https://craphound.com/DRMLetter22108.pdf
#15yrsago Collective intelligence spontaneously arises among ARG players — paper from I Love Bees creator https://www.avantgame.com/McGonigal_WhyILoveBees_Feb2007.pdf
#10yrsago EFF’s new international director: Danny O’Brien https://www.eff.org/press/releases/danny-obrien-returns-head-effs-international-team
#10yrsago Music industry hates anti-spam laws https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2013/02/music-canada-on-casl/
#10yrsago Corporations are people, so the city of Seattle can’t have an opt-out policy for spammy phonebooks no one wants https://jeffreifman.com/2013/02/21/corporate-personhood-to-cost-seattle-500000-to-settle-phone-book-lawsuit/
#5yrsago Online security is a disaster and the people who investigate it are being sued into silence https://www.zdnet.com/article/chilling-effect-lawsuits-threaten-security-research-need-it-most/
#5yrsago The Copyright Office is spending the year deciding technology’s future, but the future doesn’t get a seat at the table https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/when-copyright-office-meets-future-doesnt-get-seat-table
#1yrago The people’s disruption: Tech rights are workers’ rights https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/21/contra-nihilismum/#the-street-finds-its-own-use-for-things
#1yrago A(nother) massive Swiss banking leak https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/21/contra-nihilismum/#theories-of-change
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Mastodon feed, and a Tumblr feed. He was born in Canada, became a British citizen and now lives in Burbank, California. His latest nonfiction book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), a book about artistic labor market and excessive buyer power. His latest novel for adults is Attack Surface. His latest short story collection is Radicalized. His latest picture book is Poesy the Monster Slayer. His latest YA novel is Pirate Cinema. His latest graphic novel is In Real Life. His forthcoming books include Red Team Blues, a noir thriller about cryptocurrency, corruption and money-laundering (Tor, 2023); and The Lost Cause, a utopian post-GND novel about truth and reconciliation with white nationalist militias (Tor, 2023).
