Cory Doctorow’s latest column for Locus Online discusses the topical hot potato of copyright, in the context of a world where the electronic distribution of entertainment media is becoming increasingly commonplace; his previous piece had a similar remit. The thing that astonished me most about these two columns was this: the utter lack of public reaction to them from the online sf community.
Continue reading “Has science fiction gone future-blind?”
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Posted by Paul Raven @ 08-11-2005 in Uncategorized •
Grokster quits file-sharing fight
The world’s legal systems have finally nailed one of the multitude of peer-to-peer file-share networks; Grokster have capitulated and paid up to the entertainment industries to avoid further prosecution. Continue reading “Grokster throws in the towel…but I don’t hear any fat lady singing”
