Book · 2012 · Young Adult Fiction
Pirate Cinema
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There's a really good Corey Doctoro book that's like a fictionalized account of what this period was like called Pirate Cinema that is great. So if you ever want to Yeah. If people want to read that, it is very good.
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I wanted to shift for a moment. Um I was thinking recently about I think probably the earliest back book of yours that I've read, Pirate Cinema, which is heavily involved.
Why people recommend it
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow is a young adult science fiction novel that explores the world of copyright enforcement, digital rights, and intellectual property in a near-future London. On the podcast Behind the Bastards, specifically in the June 1, 2024 episode of It Could Happen Here Weekly, a guest brought up the novel during a discussion about the music industry's response to Napster and subsequent legal actions against individuals downloading music. The guest recommended the book as a great fictionalized account of what that period was like. Additionally, Robert Evans mentioned Pirate Cinema on the December 18, 2021 episode of the same podcast series titled It Could Happen Here Weekly. Evans brought up the title while comparing Cory Doctorow's earlier writing on file sharing and copyright to the author's later works. Listeners seeking narrative explorations of digital activism, internet culture, and the socio-economic impacts of peer-to-peer file sharing will find this work to be a compelling and insightful read that mirrors real-world historical conflicts between media conglomerates and everyday internet users.
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Robert Evans I wanted to shift for a moment. Um I was thinking recently about I think probably the earliest back book of… 1
“I wanted to shift for a moment. Um I was thinking recently about I think probably the earliest back book of yours that I've read, Pirate Cinema, which is heavily involved.”
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“There's a really good Corey Doctoro book that's like a fictionalized account of what this period was like called Pirate Cinema that is great. So if you ever want to Yeah. If people want to read that, it is very good.”
