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2003, 2008, 2013, 2018.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readFeb 28, 2023

#20yrsago Ipsos-Reid sez P2P doesn’t hurt record sales https://web.archive.org/web/20030416231449/http://www.ipsos-na.com/dsp_tempo.cfm

#20yrsago Copyright Office posts anti-circumvention comments https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2003/reply/reply1.html

#20yrsago Weird confluence of Orthodox Judiasm and proprietary software in London https://web.archive.org/web/20030314104647/http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/000433.html

#20yrsago Skunk Works: Enron’s spiritual forebears https://www.wired.com/2003/03/silent-but-deadly/

#15yrsago Loony evangelical says he engineered Canadian film tax-credit changes that will doom edgy indie movies https://web.archive.org/web/20080304152637/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080229.wculture29/BNStory/National/home

#15yrsago Record companies don’t share money extorted from file-sharing fans with artists https://nypost.com/2008/02/27/infringement/

#15yrsago Shrine to bragging, deadly Internet “mall ninja” https://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

#15yrsago Clay Shirky’s masterpiece: Here Comes Everybody https://memex.craphound.com/2008/02/28/clay-shirkys-masterpiece-here-comes-everybody/

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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