This day in history

2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#15yrsago Italy proposes a Ministry of Blogging with mandatory blog-licensing https://web.archive.org/web/20071021025947/https://beppegrillo.it/eng/2007/10/the_leviprodi_law_and_the_end.html

#15yrsago German music publisher claims that nothing is public domain until its copyright runs out in every country https://web.archive.org/web/20071022112555/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2308/125/

#10yrsago Pirate Cinema presentation at Brooklyn’s WORD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp0_rGvDZAo

#5yrsago Kids’ smart watches are a security/privacy dumpster-fire https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/watchout-rapport-october-2017.pdf

#1yrago Imperfections in your Bluetooth beacons allow for unstoppable tracking https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/21/sidechannels/#ble-eding

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).