It Could Happen Here cover image

An Interview with Author Cory Doctorow

It Could Happen Here

00:00

The Element of Distopia That Book Deals With Is Copyright

i was thinking recently about tain't probably the earliest back book of yours that i've read, pirate cinema. And these kind of i think there's elements of it that kind of prefigured what disney has done buying up every imaginable fictional property in the world. I guess the part of it that feels less tostopian to day is attempts to crack down on file aring, which i don't think went kind of in the worst case scenario. Well, i think that what's happened with e, the kind of asteady state of the copyright wars, has been the introduction of a brittleness and fragility into our speech platforms like twinner a and and facebook and

Play episode from 30:47
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app