{"id":3990,"date":"2015-09-23T21:30:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T01:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2015-09-23T21:52:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T01:52:19","slug":"a-round-table-discussion-with-cory-doctorow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/23\/a-round-table-discussion-with-cory-doctorow\/","title":{"rendered":"Round table discussion with Cory Doctorow, 10\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cory-Doctorow-e1441762635827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cory-Doctorow-e1441762635827.jpg\" alt=\"Cory-Doctorow-e1441762635827\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3992\" \/><\/a>On Tuesday, October 13th, Cory Doctorow will be participating in a round table discussion: &#8220;The Remote-Controlled Society&#8221;.  It is sponsored by Suffolk University and the Ford Hall Forum.  It will be at the C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston, starts at 6:30pm and ends as 8:00 pm.  Cory Doctorow will be signing copies of his latest books after the round table.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud to have helped make this event possible and hope you will be able to join us there!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>No Matter Who&#8217;s Winning the  War on General Purpose Computing, You&#8217;re Losing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If cyberwar were a hockey game, it&#8217;d be the end of the first period and<br \/>\nthe score would be tied 500-500. All offense, no defense.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a horrible convergence has occurred as everyone from car<br \/>\nmanufacturers to insulin pump makers have adopted the inkjet printer<br \/>\nbusiness model, insisting that only their authorized partners can make<br \/>\nconsumables, software and replacement parts &#8212; with the side-effect of<br \/>\nmaking it a felony to report showstopper, potentially fatal bugs in<br \/>\ntechnology that we live and die by.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s the FBI and the UK&#8217;s David Cameron, who&#8217;ve joined in<br \/>\nwith the NSA and GCHQ in insisting that everyone must be vulnerable to<br \/>\nChinese spies and identity thieves and pervert voyeurs so that the spy<br \/>\nagencies will always be able to spy on everyone and everything, everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been fifteen years since the copyright wars kicked off, and we&#8217;re<br \/>\nstill treating the Internet as a glorified video-on-demand service &#8212;<br \/>\nwhen we&#8217;re not treating it as a more perfect pornography distribution<br \/>\nsystem, or a jihadi recruitment tool.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all of those &#8212; and more. Because it&#8217;s the nervous system of the<br \/>\n21st century. We&#8217;ve got to stop treating it like a political football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-Cory Doctorow, September 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, October 13th, Cory Doctorow will be participating in a round table discussion: &#8220;The Remote-Controlled Society&#8221;. 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