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2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readApr 7, 2023

#20yrsago Analysis of RIAA’s charges against Princeton student https://web.archive.org/web/20030602175923/http://barillari.org/papers/peng/peng.html

#20yrsago Epcot’s France under siege by screaming Americans angry over France’s refusal to join “Coalition of the Willing” https://www.mouseplanet.com/7888/Walt_Disney_World_Park_Update

#20yrsago Posting spammers’ info on the Web isn’t harassment https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2003/04/08/ruling-backs-anti-spam-activist/51ba14d3-afb5-49a5-8d23-c8bbaebb3df6/

#20yrsago Emerging Man: an Emerging Technology campout https://memex.craphound.com/2003/04/08/emerging-man-an-emerging-technology-campout/

#15yrsago Westminster council promises to sue souvenir sellers who reproduce street-signs https://web.archive.org/web/20080412000303/http://adrianshort.co.uk/2008/04/08/51

#15yrsago Rep. Monique Davis: it’s dangerous for children to know atheists exist, orders atheist to stop testifying https://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/04/rep-monique-dav.html

#15yrsago Media giants start whisper campaign to kill Fair Use https://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/fair-use-three-step-test-and-european.html

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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