Corey Doctorow

Publishers and record labels have brought an existentially threatening lawsuit against the Internet Archive or two lawsuits that could erase that archive at the stroke of a pen and moreover salt the earth so that nobody ever tries to do what they've done before.

Publishers and record labels have brought an existentially threatening lawsuit against the Internet Archive or two lawsuits that could erase that archive at the stroke of a pen and moreover salt the earth so that nobody ever tries to do what they've done before.

You know, in the early days of the internet, I was very excited about it. The internet was weird and it was diverse and it was pluralistic. The people who were, you know, setting up early websites and creating online services, they were capitalists. What won was not capitalism, but monopolism.

You know, in the early days of the internet, I was very excited about it. The internet was weird and it was diverse and it was pluralistic. The people who were, you know, setting up early websites and creating online services, they were capitalists. What won was not capitalism, but monopolism.