By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026Sure, if you do this carelessly or recklessly, you can end up violating someone's labor rights, or privacy rights, or human rights. 55/ 1200 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026And because *those* frameworks *aren't* based on the sanctity of property rights, *they* can be used to protect these important rights *without* giving corporate America the right to have you fined or arrested for documenting their takeover of the America. 56/ 1231 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026The people who keep track of this stuff *are* worried about being fined or arrested. Ethan Zuckerman, one of America's foundational internet scholars, has just accepted Canadian government funding to move his lab from UMass to McGill in Montreal: ethanzuckerman.com/2026/08/27/m... 57/ethanzuckerman.comMy personal contribution to the US/Canada trade war - Ethan ZuckermanI've accepted a position at McGill University and will be moving my lab there from UMass in summer 2027... with excitement and some sadness. 1233 0
