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Re: Corey Doctorow on Bookends

Nice Alayne, completely the opposite of my conclusions, love it!

-Katie

On 2025-03-09 14:20, alayne [ at ] twobikes [ dot ] ottawa [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca via linux wrote:
Doctorow explains this more thoroughly in his recent book, The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. He argues now is the time to remove locks affecting things like printer ink & tractors that have been imposed on other countries as part of "free trade" deals.

He is, BTW, also not a fan of blockchain.

Alayne

On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, Nash JC - NCF via linux wrote:
Very interesting and quite unexpected discussion with Mattea Roach.

https://www.cbc.ca/books/bookends/cory-doctorow-writes-science-fiction-to-come-to-terms-with-his-tech-anxiety-1.7477457

Suggests big opportunity is repeal of Canada's version of digital lock law.

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