Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: 2023's public domain is a banger; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/20/free-for-2023/

#Pluralistic

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#NewYorkers! The state legislature has passed landmark #RightToRepair legislation, but Governor Hochul hasn't signed it and it might die. This would be a travesty. If you're in New York, visit https://eff.org/rtr to help tell the Governor that we can't afford to wait (and tell your friends in New York, too!).

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2023's public domain is a banger: Hemingway! Holmes! Woolf! Pooh! Christie! Metropolis! Gershwin!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109547610948474601

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Hey look at this

* Policymaking in a Pan(dem)ic https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/policymaking-in-a-pandemic (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* How to make your own Die Hard Christmas tree ornament https://unlikelywords.com/2016/12/23/how-to-make-your-own-die-hard-christmas-tree-ornament/ (h/t Kottke)

* Draper’s Millions: The Philanthropic Wellspring of Modern Race Science https://race.undark.org/articles/drapers-millions-the-philanthropic-wellspring-of-modern-race-science (h/t Naked Capitalism)

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#20yrsago Hollywood wants to outlaw crowbars https://web.archive.org/web/20030121114241/https://freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000237.html

#20yrsago All clauses of this disclaimer apply to the disclaimer itself, except for this first sentence https://web.archive.org/web/20021204222457/http://www.brockerhoff.net/index.html

#10yrsago EFF creates the “Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents” https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-patent-project-gets-half-million-dollar-boost-mark-cuban-and-notch

#10yrsago SuperPACs: the ultimate get-rich-quick scheme https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-13/super-pacs-are-cushy-jobs

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#10yrsago Dinosaur Comics creator’s Choose-your-own-adventure Hamlet beats all Kickstarter publishing records https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breadpig/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-adventure

#10yrsago Why Mayor Rob Ford belongs on Toronto’s shitlist. Again. https://torontoist.com/2012/12/2012-villain-rob-ford/

#5yrsago Researchers trick Google’s AI into thinking rifles are helicopters, without any knowledge of the algorithm’s design https://www.labsix.org/partial-information-adversarial-examples/

#5yrsago UK Tory MP unclear on the concept of dystopia https://www.alanmak.org.uk/sites/www.alanmak.org.uk/files/2017-11/4IR ConHome brochure FINAL.pdf

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#5yrsago When Las Vegas cops put on bodycams, they used 37% less force and generated 30% fewer complaints https://www.cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/irm-2017-u-016112-final.pdf

#5yrsago “Friendly” apps are good at maximizing engagement, but their context-blindness is a cesspit of algorithmic cruelty https://www.wired.com/story/the-problem-with-your-chatty-apps/

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Yesterday's threads: Better failure for social media; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109541332120524629

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

https://chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from Book Soup:

https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068

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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:

https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Cory_Doctorow_-__Attack_Surface_HB_%26_TPB.html#/

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Upcoming appearances:

* Library Learning Experience/American Library Association (New Orleans), Jan 27-30
https://www.2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (UCL Faculty of Laws), Feb 1
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2023/feb/online-chokepoint-capitalism-can-it-be-defeated

* Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum (Canberra), Feb 17:
https://digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doctorow-giblin-first-speaker-announcement-ada-forum-2023/

* Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (Brussels), Mar 2:
https://www.brusselsconference.com/registration

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Recent appearances:

* New Books in Public Policy:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2niuM0c1PxBeU3PLgv2b9V

* How to take back the arts from Big Tech (Real News Network)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTSOeQWjXN4

* Darts and Letters:
https://dartsandletters.ca/2022/12/12/ep70-chokepoint-capitalism-ft-cory-doctorow/

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My latest Medium column is "'Metaverse' means 'pivot to video'"

https://doctorow.medium.com/metaverse-means-pivot-to-video-adbe09319038

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Today's top sources: Jennifer Jenkins.

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@pluralistic Excellent thread! Works falling into the public domain don't get nearly as much attention as they should!

@pluralistic you'd do us all a huge favor on Mastodon if you refined your cross-posts so that they weren't constrained by Tsitter's arbitrary character limit.

This ain't Twitter. We are specifically NOT on Twitter in order to avoid things like this.

@pluralistic you'd do us all a huge favor on Mastodon if you refined your cross-posts so that they weren't constrained by Twitter's arbitrary character limit.

This ain't Twitter. We are specifically NOT on Twitter in order to avoid things like this.

@pluralistic oh wow! So does this mean works about Holmes can now have him showing more emotions? Because I know that has actually been an issue in regards to the copyright of later works

Some exciting works leave copyright with the new year! https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/20/free-for-2023/#oy-canada

@pluralistic next year will be a big test if we can go all of 2023 without Disney trying to ruin it for everyone.

@pluralistic so many great works from 1927! @mmasnick and I are bringing back our public domain game jam for it's 5th year with "Gaming Like It's 1927"

https://itch.io/jam/gaming-like-its-1927

@BetaCuck4Lyfe

Every post here is hand-posted and re-edited. There is no cross-posting.

As noted in my bio, I post long threads from this account and there are many ways to get my essays if you don't like my Mastodon style - RSS, newsletter, Medium, Tumblr, a blog, etc. I recommend unfollowing me here and subscribing to one of those if you prefer. Links at pluralistic.net.

@pluralistic Just a suggestion: I think a good idea for posting a long thread is to post the intro as public and make the subsequent posts unlisted.

@RMiddleton

You have misunderstood how "unlisting" works (unlisted toots are hidden only for nonfollowers on the same instance, not followers). As noted in my bio, I post long threads from this account and there are many ways to get my essays if you don't like my Mastodon style - RSS, newsletter, Medium, Tumblr, a blog, etc. I recommend unfollowing me here and subscribing to one of those if you prefer. Links at pluralistic.net.

I should probably add the direct link to https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/ as well. Awesome!

@pluralistic One of my favorite things about the new year is seeing what enters the public domain. Looks like there’s a lot of great stuff this time around!