By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026Simple: giving us rights did not give us *leverage*. Giving us more rights without giving us more bargaining power is like giving your bullied schoolkid extra lunch-money. 23/ 1379
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026There's no amount of lunch-money that will get that kid fed; but if you keep increasing how much money the kid gets, the bullies will end up so rich that they can afford to run a global campaign demanding that we all think of those poor hungry kids and send them even *more* lunch money. 24/ 2296
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026Copyright's failure to deliver for creative workers doesn't mean that we're doomed to poverty. Our works are generating *record* profits for our bosses, and there are *plenty* of ways to change the "distributional outcomes" (the phrase economists use for "who gets what") in arts/labor policy. 25/pluralistic.netWhat is Chokepoint Capitalism? – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 2244
Berserker Coach @berserkercoach.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"The data does not contain any personally identifiable information, according to a court filing by PJT Partners vice president Dylan Friesner, an investment banker for Spirit." Hmm, dubious, but OK... 110
