youtube Germany's powerful IG Metall trade union is organizing Youtubers to force Google to play fair Cory Doctorow
privacy After Microsoft moves its servers back to the USA, German state's privacy commissioner advises schools not to use Office 365 Cory Doctorow
youtube After viral Youtube denunciations, Germany's establishment parties falter — so the ruling party's leader faxed her colleagues demanding action Cory Doctorow
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happy mutants Halifax! I'm speaking at Atlseccon on April 24 (then Toronto, Ottawa, Berlin and Houston!) Cory Doctorow
Copyfight As the EU Copyright Directive was approved, Germany admitted it requires copyright filters, putting it on a collision course with the EU-Canada trade deal Cory Doctorow
Copyfight After months of insisting that #Article13 doesn't require filters, top EU Commissioner says "Article 13 requires filters" Cory Doctorow
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happy mutants The worst possible version of the EU Copyright Directive has sparked a German uprising Cory Doctorow
google EU Commission calls opponents of Copyright Directive a "mob," as thousands take to the streets for the #Artikel13Demo Cory Doctorow
books Who can forget those scenes in Count Zero where they all stand around eating soup? Cory Doctorow