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#rebecca-giblin — Public Fediverse posts
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@wackJackle I wo. Die ›Innovation‹ von Jeff Penis und Co sieht so aus:
»Chokepoint Capitalism« (2022) von #RebeccaGiblin und #CoryDoctorow.
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Polecam zredagowaną wersję prelekcji Cory'ego Doctorowa z DEF CON:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/17/hack-the-planet/#how-about-a-nice-game-of-chess
Z Corym Doctorowem pierwszy raz zetknąłem się dzięki jego powieści pt. "Mały brat", którą często rekomendowałem osobom zainteresowanym dystopiami. Doctorowa cenię jednak najbardziej nie za beletrystykę, a za literaturę faktu i aktywizm. Szczególnie polecam książkę, którą napisał z Rebeccą Giblin, czyli "Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back".
#książki #CoryDoctorow #RebeccaGiblin #kapitalizm #bigdata #enshittification #DEFCON #dystopia @ksiazki
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@oneiros Vergiss nicht, dass wir in einem Land leben, das sich den (wie ich finde durchaus berechtigten) Kulturluxus der Buchpreisbindung gönnt;
und: Jeff ›Penisrakete‹ Bezos hat in Vulgärkapitalistenmanier die Preisvorstellung der Verbraucher für Bücher nachhaltig verzerrt.
War früher ähnlich ausm Bauch raus empört über eBook-Preise die fast Feststroff-Preisen entsprechen, aber ich hab mich informiert.
»#ChokepointCapitalism« von #RebeccaGiblin und #CoryDoctorow zeigt es schön.
/ @nadia_z
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There's a name for phenomenon in which you care so much about your job that you endure poor conditions and abuse: it's called #VocationalAwe, as coined by #FobaziEttarh:
https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/
Ettarh uses the term to apply to traditionally low-waged workers like librarians, teachers and nurses. In our book #ChokepointCapitalism, #RebeccaGiblin and I talked about how it applies to artists and other creative workers, too:
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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Upcoming appearances:
* #SecondLife Book Club, with #RebeccaGiblin, Nov 8/17hPT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L07T82M_xzk* The New Luddites Seizing the Means of Computation, with @brianmerchant (#HallwayTrack), Nov 9
https://www.verylittlegravitas.com/hallwaytrack* #CBCIDEAS, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cbc-ideas-visionaries-in-conversation-tickets-729692809837* Inspiring the Next Generation, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
https://www.provocation.ca/upcoming-2023-events-stratford9/
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Upcoming appearances:
* #SecondLife Book Club, with #RebeccaGiblin, Nov 8/17hPT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L07T82M_xzk* The New Luddites Seizing the Means of Computation, with @brianmerchant (#HallwayTrack), Nov 9
https://www.verylittlegravitas.com/hallwaytrack* #CBCIDEAS, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cbc-ideas-visionaries-in-conversation-tickets-729692809837* Inspiring the Next Generation, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
https://www.provocation.ca/upcoming-2023-events-stratford9/
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Upcoming appearances:
* #SecondLife Book Club, with #RebeccaGiblin, Nov 8/17hPT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L07T82M_xzk* The New Luddites Seizing the Means of Computation, with @brianmerchant (#HallwayTrack), Nov 9
https://www.verylittlegravitas.com/hallwaytrack* #CBCIDEAS, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cbc-ideas-visionaries-in-conversation-tickets-729692809837* Inspiring the Next Generation, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
https://www.provocation.ca/upcoming-2023-events-stratford9/
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Upcoming appearances:
* @hackaday Supercon, Nov 4 (#Pasadena)
https://hackaday.io/superconference/* #SecondLife Book Club, with #RebeccaGiblin, Nov 8/17hPT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L07T82M_xzk* The New Luddites Seizing the Means of Computation, with @brianmerchant (#HallwayTrack), Nov 9
https://www.verylittlegravitas.com/hallwaytrack* #CBCIDEAS, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cbc-ideas-visionaries-in-conversation-tickets-729692809837* Inspiring the Next Generation, Nov 16 (#Stratford, ON)
https://www.provocation.ca/upcoming-2023-events-stratford11/
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Creatives: Would you like to better understand why writers & authors (+ musicians and artists) are being squeezed? The impact Amazon has had on the publishing industry, the chequered history of DRM, the dirt on copyright? How about 'how news got broken', 'why streaming doesn't pay' & what people in the creative industries can actually do about the current state of affairs? Highly recommend Choke Point Capitalism (by Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow) as a read. Please ask your local library to get it in too so more people can have access.
#publishing #writing #author #bookstodon @bookstodon #capitalism #books #booksworthreading #bookrecommendation #corydoctorow #rebeccagiblin #Amazon #creatives
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As #RebeccaGiblin and I write in our book #ChokepointCapitalism, in a market with five giant publishers, four studios, three labels, two app platforms and one ebook/audiobook company, giving creative workers more copyright is like giving your bullied kid extra lunch money. The more money you give that kid, the more money the bullies will take:
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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#AmReading #ChokepointCapitalism by @pluralistic & #RebeccaGiblin.
A riveting look at how black-hole corporations like #Amazon, #Apple, #Google, #Facebook, & #Netflix dominate culture, exploit creators, crush competitors, & keep a stranglehold on audiences. These behemoths suck up money & power with a ruthlessness that makes old-style robber barons look like small-time pilferers.
Relevant wrt the #WGA #SAGAFTRA strike.
#CoryDoctorow #monopoly #monopsony #bookstodon
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/24/chokepoint-capitalism-review-art-for-sale -
I finally got to this @changelog episode in my podcast backlog with @pluralistic talking about his and #RebeccaGiblin book "Chokepoint Capitalism". As cynical my opinions are on the current state of our capitalist system before listening to it it's now even lower. I've had the book in my "to read" list for some time because I have wanted to read it but I make even less progress with that backlog than my podcast one. A worthy listening but it will get your blood pressure up. #capitalism #VultureCapitalism #LateStageCapitalism #MonopoliesAndCartels #BillionairesShouldNotExist #BigTechShouldNotExist changelog.com/podcast/535 -
The Tyee: News Erased by Google and Facebook? They Vow to Do It https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/23/News-Erased-Google-Facebook/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #AustralianNewsMediaBargainingCode #socialmedianewsCanada #chokepointcapitalism #newssharinginCanada #NewsMediaCanada #GoogleBillC-18 #OnlineNewsAct #RebeccaGiblin #CoryDoctorow #MetaBillC-18 #BillC-18
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My hoping machine runs on the creation and spreading of ideas lying around. Last year, #RebeccaGiblin and I published *#ChokepointCapitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back*:
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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Hey, #Berkeley! I'm appearing again today at #BayBookFest with #WendyLiu (Abolish Silicon Valley) at 11AM at Freight and Salvage to discuss "Chokepoint Capitalism," the book #RebeccaGiblin and I wrote about #monopoly and creative #labor markets. It's free!
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(Want to learn more? Check out *Chokepoint Capitalism*, #RebeccaGiblin's and my book about creative labor markets:)
http://chokepointcapitalism.com
Now the writers are back on strike and it's triggered a predictable torrent of anti-worker nonsense ("striking writers will lead to public indifference *to torture*!) (no, really) (ugh):
https://www.readtpa.com/p/on-the-tv-writers-strike-dont-fall
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In the same week, 7,000 writers - even the ones who weren't getting screwed - fired their agents, and demanded a return to the 90/10 split and a ban on agencies owning studios. The agencies say nfw. The writers stayed on the picket line.
There's a whole chapter on this in #ChokepointCapitalism, #RebeccaGiblin's and my book on creative labor markets and monopoly. One of our sources was #DavidGoodman, who led the strike:
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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In this stunning #keynote from #EverythingOpen, Professor #RebeccaGiblin from #UniMelb takes us on a tour of #ChokePointCapitalism - her new book with @doctorow - showing how #BigTech has place chokeholds on the work of #artists and #creators, and how the #OpenSource ethos can help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T-o9J-IVFU
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In this piece for #WIRED, @stokel outlines how Twitter and Melon Usk intend to charge $USD 42k per month and upwards to access #research #data via the platform's #API - putting it out of reach of most researchers and #universities
An example of #ChokePointCapitalism (per @docotorow and #RebeccaGiblin #rgibli?
Frankly, I'm surprised at this approach to market. I thought Twitter would have approached the journal publishers instead, and got them to paywall Twitter through their existing university subscriptions.
https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-data-api-prices-out-nearly-everyone/
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#beandad #chokepoint-capitalism #corydoctorow #doctor-deathray #infomocracy #malka-older #nathan-lowell #new-ellijay-tv #podcast #rebecca-giblin #riga-tonys-murder-mystery-dinner-show #roderick-on-the-line #so-many-of-us #talking-on-my-morning-walk-podcast #warren-ellis
https://evilgeniuschronicles.org/b/2zd
In this episode, I play a song by Doctor Deathray; for once I had time to do the show and no mojo to do one; I always predicted that my golden years would be on fire; talking to people seems harder than it used to; we went to a murder mystery dinner; grampa is making life so much harder than it needs to be; it sure seems like publishers are bad at business including publishing; Nathan Lowell’s podcast is back; Nate only reads indie published books; can we agree that Bean Dad was the most harmless internet flareup?; I don’t care about the McElroys or Maximum Fun; the American left is great at policing the people who aren’t lefting the way they like; Warren Ellis seems to have crafted a second act.
Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, March 10 2023.
Links mentioned in this episode:
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- New Ellijay TV
- Riga Tony’s Murder Mystery Dinner Show
- Infomocracy
- Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow
- Nathan Lowell’s Talking on my Morning Walk podcast
- Roderick on the Line podcast
- So Many of Us
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Compelling interview by Andy Park for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National program with #RebeccaGiblin and @doctorow discussing their new book, #ChokePointCapitalism.
A must-listen for anyone interested in #monopsony, concentration of #power and #arts policy.
You can get the book at: https://chokepointcapitalism.com
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drawingroom/chokepoint-capitalism/101973108
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I like having proper attribution for quotes that I use. First, because my professors drilled into me the importance of proper PUBLIC attribution so much that it's second nature to me now, and second, because if someone has said one thing I find interesting/useful, odds are they've said others, so I want to be able to find them.
I was pleased in reading Chokepoint Capitalism (#CoryDoctorow and #RebeccaGiblin) to learn that "A fine is a price" is attributed to Uri Gneezy and Aldo Rustichini.
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This week (Feb 14-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin. We're in #Sydney tonight (Feb 15) (more tickets just released!), and then #Canberra (Feb 16/17).
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This week (Feb 14-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin. We're in #Melbourne tonight (Feb 14), #Sydney tomorrow (Feb 15) and then #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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This week (Feb 13-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin.We're doing a remote event for #NZ tomorrow (Feb 13). Next are #Melbourne (Feb 14), #Sydney (Feb 15) and #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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This week (Feb 13-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin.We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne (Feb 14), #Sydney (Feb 15) and #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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This week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin. We'll be in #Brisbane today (Feb 8 - in Australia!), and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne (Feb 14), #Sydney (Feb 15) and #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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This week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin. We'll be in #Brisbane today (Feb 8 - in Australia!), and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra. I hope to see you!
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra. I hope to see you!
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra. I hope to see you!
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, #RebeccaGiblin. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next is #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra. I hope to see you!
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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This is the first link to a news site I have posted on here, won't make a habit of it but this is highly relevant to a lot of creators on here
#TheVerge #ChokepointCapitalism #Interview #CoreyDoctorow #RebeccaGiblin