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sean

@sean@scoat.es

Tricking software into working since the 1980s.

I do all kinds of tech things. Here you'll find: rants, ops/devops, web, iOS, microcontrollers, electronics, food, beer, opinions, and whatever else is on my mind + in the conversation.

Doing brain stuff as VP of Technology at Matter: https://matter.xyz/

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pluralistic , to random
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We're living through one of those moments when millions of people become suddenly and overwhelmingly interested in fair use, one of the subtlest and worst-understood aspects of copyright law. It's not a subject you can master by skimming a Wikipedia article!

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/27/nuke-first/#ask-questions-never

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18+ sean ,
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@pluralistic (you’ll probably get too many of these, so sorry for the noise if it’s noise, but you say decades instead of years, here)

Alternatively:

Damn; I knew Cory was prolific, but this is TRULY impressive!

sean , to random
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“rant about copyright and how you do have rights even if people say you need express written permission Be cool ok? Be cool.”

“[then how to follow the author] …there’s Twitter or whatever that dumbass is calling it by the time you get this…”

– @pluralistic

slow clap

sean OP ,
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@pluralistic Ha. It’s in your audiobook outro for The Lost Cause. I guess I cut out too much. Just thought it was clever and fun.

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