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This day in history

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readMar 26, 2023

#20yrsago Mexico sells out its future by extending copyright https://web.archive.org/web/20030313230051/https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_03.shtml

#15yrsago New US Cyber-Security Czar has no cyber-security experience https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903125.html

#15yrsago How CBC torrented a TV show https://www.last100.com/2008/03/26/inside-story-the-making-of-a-legal-tv-torrent/

#15yrsago Mugabe opponents forced to eat campaign posters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/26/zimbabwe1

#10yrsago Why architects should stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers https://www.archdaily.com/346374/can-we-please-stop-drawing-trees-on-top-of-skyscrapers

#10yrsago Your WiFi-enabled camera might be spying on you https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2013/03/25/digital-cameras-easily-turned-into-spying-devices-researchers-prove/

#10yrsago Store wants $5 browsing fee to deter “showrooming” by online shoppers https://consumerist.com/2013/03/25/store-combats-showrooming-with-5-just-looking-fee/

#10yrsago RPG inside an Excel workbook https://carywalkin.ca/2013/03/17/arena-xlsm-released/

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Cory Doctorow
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