Cory Doctorow on Nostr: They stole something for you. For decades, they stole it. That thing they stole? Your ...
They stole something for you. For decades, they stole it. That thing they stole? Your entire culture. For all of human history, works created in living memory entered the public domain every year. 40 years ago, that stopped.
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