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Against a regime of genetically determined collective intellectual property rights

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Aug 19, 2021
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"Gated Community" by Padraic. is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

“It’s not a museum, it’s a ride.” — Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

There was a major Twitter kerfuffle the other day, when cultural critic Roslyn Talusan attacked chef Pippa Middlehurst for writing a cookbook about dumplings and noodles:

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