Cory Doctorow Explains Digital Locks & Why Authors Shouldn't Be Responsible for Censorship: TOC

At the O’Reilly Tools of Change Author Revolution conference in New York today, blogger/author Cory Doctorow discussed how the evolution of technology and the rise of DRM has led creative content to be “locked and loaded with surveillance gear in the name of copyright.”

He challenged creators not to hand the keys of these locks over to intermediaries who do not have their best interests or the best interests of readers in mind.”Nobody wants digital locks on her device,” he said.

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