Cory Doctorow
Person on 4 sites
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science-fiction author, journalist and activist for liberalising copyright.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 17 July 1971, Toronto (opens wiqqi.app)
- Opencola: Co-founded the P2P software company in June 1999; sold to Open Text in 2003 (opens wiqqi.app)
- EFF: European Affairs Coordinator in London for four years until January 2006; rejoined in January 2015 (opens wiqqi.app)
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4 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Bluesky: @doctorow.pluralistic.net (opens bsky.app)
“512 words on “Once Is Enemy Action,” a science fiction novel about the origins of modern technofascism. (31870 words total) #dailywords”
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Mastodon: @pluralistic@mamot.fr (opens mamot.fr)
“512 words on “Once Is Enemy Action,” a science fiction novel about the origins of modern technofascism. (31870 words total) #dailywords”
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Blog: pluralistic.net (opens pluralistic.net)
“Pluralistic: Autodoxing (02 Nov 2026)”
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Bluesky: @doctorow.pluralistic.net (opens bsky.app)
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24 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Vibe-coding is risky mainly when the code is written for other people to use, not for the author's own use. (opens korrents.com)
“I am highly skeptical of vibe-coding in the sense of writing code for other people to use.”
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Being the domain expert on your own needs doesn't make you the expert on how to address those needs. (opens korrents.com)
“while you are the domain expert on your needs, that doesn't mean you're the domain expert on how to address those needs.”
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Low-quality AI-generated code contributions betray the care that goes into writing and maintaining software for others. (opens korrents.com)
“Slop's not merely annoying or time-wasting: it's a betrayal of the love and care that goes into writing and maintaining code for others.”
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Vibe-coding is risky mainly when the code is written for other people to use, not for the author's own use. (opens korrents.com)
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22 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture (opens rcmnd.app)
“Jenkins understands it, though. I've been reading, writing, and debating about this stuff since the late 1990s, and I learned something new on every page of this delightful book.”
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The Open Copyright Casebook (opens rcmnd.app)
“Jenkins' flair for legal communications carries over to her scholarly work, of course, which is why her Open Copyright Casebook is a standard text for American law schools:”
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THEFT! A History of Music (opens rcmnd.app)
“These examples are liberally illustrated with links to musical excerpts that bring the subject to life (these are presented as hotlinks in the ebook; if you're reading the print edition, you can use the book's…”
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Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture (opens rcmnd.app)