''Pirate Cinema'' is a novel by
Cory Doctorow
Cory Efram Doctorow (; born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog '' Boing Boing''. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of ...
. It was released in October 2012. The novel is licensed under the terms of
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license and is available free on the author's website.
The novel is set in a dystopian near-future Britain where the government is effectively controlled by media corporations. The main character, Trent McCauley, has had his internet access cut for reassembling downloaded films on his computer and, living rough on the streets of London, is trying to fight the introduction of a new draconian copyright law.
''Pirate Cinema''
won the 2013
Prometheus Award
The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society. American author and activist L. Neil Smith established the award in 1979, but it was not awarded regularly until the newl ...
.
The US hardcover is 384 pages long.
This book was also featured as an e-book in the
Humble eBook Bundle. The bundle raised more than $1.2 million, with customers paying an average amount of $14.29 for the bundle.
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* Excerpt at https://craphound.com/pc/2012/10/01/pc-booklist/
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* http://lfs.org/blog/artistic-liberty-internet-freedom-downloading-state-surveillance-copyright-and-government-control-an-appreciation-of-cory-doctorows-pirate-cinema-the-2013-prometheus-award-winner-for-be/
* https://www.overthinkingit.com/2012/10/31/pirate-cinema-cory-doctorow/
* https://www.readme.lk/pirate-cinema-beautiful/
External links
Official Book Pageon Cory Doctorow's website
2012 Canadian novels
Creative Commons-licensed novels
Novels by Cory Doctorow
Tor Books books
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