By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/08/2026This "use exemption"/"tools exemption" split is a near-perfect way of tricking people into thinking that these laws are more reasonable than they appear. When Canada passed its landmark right-to-repair and interoperability laws in 2024, many celebrated. 55/ 1171 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/08/2026They missed the fact that under Canada's anti-circumvention law (Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act of 2012), it remains illegal to undertake the reverse-engineering needed to exercise the rights these new laws (seemed to) enshrine: pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p... 56/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Disenshittification Nation (29 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1163 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/08/2026For a quarter-century, I've made it my life's work to explain how *bad* and *dangerous* this system is, and, thankfully, I've started to make a little headway over the past few years. 57/ 1240 0