I have set my RSS feed program to http://BoingBoing.com and ripped the knob off. One of the main reasons for that is the "big brained", assertive writing of Cory Doctorow.

Cory ...I assume familiarity because I agree with so many of his opinions... Cory, writes regular articles dealing with the assault on the freedom of information planned by the archaic pre-20th century publishing industry. He looks at the tactics and responses of these companies from an intelligent and pragmatic stance.

Treating the concept realistically; the main stream publishing industry is as out dated as the auto industry. They're both based on 17th century business models, Printing and Horsetrading, and are both fighting for their very lives to conserve their income model.

But here's the rub. When technology allows every Jo, Don, and Bob with a digital camera to hammer out a million frames of static images. Or anyone with a laptop computer or cellphone to publish original opinion directly to the web. Or any Musician with a home publishing company to end run all the middle men who have set themselves up as arbiters of what is good music. What is the point of a massive publishing industry?

eh?

So read Cory and listen to him.