By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026This amendment whacked one group of musicians particularly hard: the Black "heritage acts" who had been coerced into signing *unbelievably shitty* contracts in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, who were increasingly using termination to get those rights back. 8/ 1153 15
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026For these beloved musicians, termination meant the difference between going hungry and buying a couple extra bags of groceries every month (if this sounds familiar, it might be because you read about it in my 2024 novel *The Bezzle*): us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 9/us.macmillan.comThe BezzleNew York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inmates in California’s pris... 1112 11
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026Glazier's treachery was so outrageous that Congress actually convened a special session to repeal his amendment, and Glazier slunk out of Congress forever... 10/ 1103 10