Cory Doctorow comes on to talk about his books The Internet Con and Chokepoint Capitalism and the applications to libraries. We talk interop, vendor contracts, and even writing productivity.

Pre-order Cory’s new book The Lost Cause: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865939/thelostcause 

Media mentioned

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/google-will-shield-ai-users-from-copyright-challenges-within-limits/ 

https://chokepointcapitalism.com/ 

https://www.versobooks.com/products/3035-the-internet-con

DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification  - Cory Doctorow 

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/751443/technofeudalism-by-yanis-varoufakis/

https://librarysimplified.org/