By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026This year's admirals are *always* last year's pirates, and they insist that what *they* did to their predecessors was progress, while anyone who tries to do the same thing to *them* is a thief. 18/ 234672
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026The sheet music composers condemned the record player, recording artists decried the radio, broadcasters sued over cable and cable operators sued over VCRs. This never stopped: Sony - the company that invented the Betamax and defended it all the way to the Supreme Court - went on to sue Napster! 19 323527
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026There's nothing inherently virtuous about "innovation." It's perfectly possible to "innovate" new ways to spy on people and rip them off. 20/ 32039
Dr Cinzia Yates 🇮🇲🏴 @manxinwales.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There is an important point hidden in this specific post: it is never the creators of the IP that are consulted, but the owners of the IP, who have usually in some way scammed the creators. It is sheet music publishers, record labels, TV execs that oppose this stuff. Not the creators. 120
