This day in history

2012, 2017, 2021.

#10yrsago Chris Dodd’s imaginary topsy-turvy history of Hollywood https://www.techdirt.com/2012/05/03/chris-dodd-rewrites-hollywoods-history-to-pretend-that-it-came-about-because-ip-laws/

#10yrsago Court records unsealed for dajaz1.com seizure, reveal that US Customs operated as hired thugs for the RIAA https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/05/unsealed-court-records-confirm-riaa-delays-were-behind-year-long-seizure-hip-hop

#5yrsago Weaponized narrative: the stories we tell change our theories about the world https://locusmag.com/2017/05/cory-doctorow-weaponized-narrative/

#1yrago Qualia: How Law & Econ pulled a qualitative bait-and-switch https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/04/law-and-con/#law-n-econ

#1yrago Whales decry the casino economy: It’s the high rollers you gotta watch out for https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/04/law-and-con/#all-bets-are-off

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 How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. His latest novel for adults is Attack Surface. His latest short story collection is Radicalized…