late stage capitalism Paper-towel dispenser with a EULA prohibiting rival brands of paper Cory Doctorow
eff Adversarial interoperability: reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today's monopolies Cory Doctorow
Copyfight How DRM has permitted Google to have an "open source" browser that is still under its exclusive control Cory Doctorow
privacy Americans believe that they should own the mountains of data produced by their cars, but they don't Cory Doctorow
apple DRM and terms-of-service have ended true ownership, turning us into "tenants of our own devices" Cory Doctorow
security Discovering whether your Iphone has been hacked is nearly impossible thanks to Apple's walled garden Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Big Tech lobbyists and "open for business" Tories killed Ontario's Right-to-Repair legislation Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Talking Radicalized with the LA Public Library: Trump derangement syndrome, engagement algorithms, and novellas as checked luggage Cory Doctorow
science fiction Come see me at UCLA tonight and then with John Scalzi on Sunday at the LA Times Festival of Books! Cory Doctorow
Copyfight After years of insisting that DRM in HTML wouldn't block open source implementations, Google says it won't support open source implementations Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers' libraries Cory Doctorow
censorship A critical flaw in Switzerland's e-voting system is a microcosm of everything wrong with e-voting, security practice, and auditing firms Cory Doctorow
Gadgets HP's ink DRM instructs your printer to ignore the ink in your cartridge when you cancel your subscription Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Announcing the audiobook for Unauthorized Bread: a DRM-free tale of DRM-locked appliances, refugees, and resistance Cory Doctorow
censorship Bird Scooter tried to censor my Boing Boing post with a legal threat that's so stupid, it's a whole new kind of wrong Cory Doctorow