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Surprisingly to me the author of "down and out in the magic kingdom" and the maintainer of BOINGBOING supports web DRM and he's part of the W3C committee. he's

Surprisingly to me the author of "down and out in the magic kingdom" and the maintainer of BOINGBOING supports web DRM and he's part of the W3C committee. he's a great author and a good person with an anti-authoritarian bent I don't understand his position on this.

fanf2 8y ago
That is exactly backwards. Doctorow was the EFF representative on the committee, and the EFF resigned from the W3C as a result of them approving DRM. https://www.zdnet.com/article/eff-resigns-from-w3c-in-wake-of-eme-drm-standardisation/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/eff-resigns-from-w3c-in-wake-o...
jpollock 8y ago
That doesn't sound right to me. Do you have a link where he comes out as pro-DRM? That doesn't fit with my knowledge of Cory Doctorow's position. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cory-doctorow-walkaway-science-fiction-drm https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cory-doctorow-walkaway-scien...
- tomcatfish 8y ago
  Yeah, I believe Doctorow has multiple characters (from multiple books) say something along the lines of "no lock is there for your protection", and I'm certain I've read his opinions on DRM to be negative multiple times. Hell, I'm fairly certain he had a deal with Barnes and Noble to publish his book without DRM which was nonstandard at the time.
Reelin 8y ago
That would greatly surprise me. He is very explicitly against DRM. https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
sireat 8y ago
That seems uncharacteristic of Doctorow. He used(still does?) publish his books free of DRM and free to download under CC license. https://craphound.com/overclocked/download/ https://craphound.com/overclocked/download/ It would be strange for an author of Printcrime (fantastic short read from 20 years ago) to support DRM.

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Surprisingly to me the author of "down and out in the magic kingdom" and the maintainer of BOINGBOING supports web DRM and he's part of the W3C committee. he's

by deepstream 8y ago

fanf2 8y ago
That is exactly backwards. Doctorow was the EFF representative on the committee, and the EFF resigned from the W3C as a result of them approving DRM. https://www.zdnet.com/article/eff-resigns-from-w3c-in-wake-of-eme-drm-standardisation/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/eff-resigns-from-w3c-in-wake-o...
jpollock 8y ago
That doesn't sound right to me. Do you have a link where he comes out as pro-DRM? That doesn't fit with my knowledge of Cory Doctorow's position. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cory-doctorow-walkaway-science-fiction-drm https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cory-doctorow-walkaway-scien...
- tomcatfish 8y ago
  Yeah, I believe Doctorow has multiple characters (from multiple books) say something along the lines of "no lock is there for your protection", and I'm certain I've read his opinions on DRM to be negative multiple times. Hell, I'm fairly certain he had a deal with Barnes and Noble to publish his book without DRM which was nonstandard at the time.
Reelin 8y ago
That would greatly surprise me. He is very explicitly against DRM. https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
sireat 8y ago
That seems uncharacteristic of Doctorow. He used(still does?) publish his books free of DRM and free to download under CC license. https://craphound.com/overclocked/download/ https://craphound.com/overclocked/download/ It would be strange for an author of Printcrime (fantastic short read from 20 years ago) to support DRM.