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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026

In 2022, I co-wrote *Chokepoint Capitalism* along with the eminent Australian copyright scholar Rebecca Giblin. The whole book is full of these pro-worker arts policies: pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/w... 26/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026

Rebecca and I start from the premise that artists are workers, not the small businesses that our bosses insist we see ourselves as. 27/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026

The idea that an artist is an LLC with an MFA fits in very neatly with copyright: you're getting this bundle of exclusive rights from Congress and then you bargain, business-to-business, with other companies out there in the world, selling those rights for the best price you can get. 28/

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