Cory Doctorow: Iconoclast of the blogosphere
Contact:
Barry Shell, applied sciences, 778.782.3125, shell@sfu.ca
Susan Jamieson-McLarnon, PAMR, 604.291.5151
If you already have a blog, imagine two million people reading it daily.
That’s the case for Cory Doctorow, Simon Fraser University Applied Sciences' 2007 Leonardo lecturer, who will speak at SFU’s Vancouver campus on Thursday, March 8 at 6 pm and on the Burnaby campus (C9001) on Friday, March 9, 3:30 pm.
Forbes Magazine describes Doctorow as "a triple threat." He's a prominent activist for digital rights and currently holds the Canada-U.S. Fulbright chair at the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy.
He is co-editor of the most popular blog on Earth (boingboing.net) all about technology, culture and politics, and an award-winning science fiction writer who gives away all his books via download from his website, craphound.com.
"I don't think it's practical to charge for copies of electronic works," he says. "Bits aren't ever going to get harder to copy. So we'll have to figure out how to charge for something else.... You sure can't force a reader to pay for access to information anymore." His provocative thinking has rocketed the Toronto-born, 35-year-old iconoclast to the forefront of the blogosphere. What will he do next?
His lecture on The Totalitarian Urge: Total information awareness and the cosmic billiards, is free and open to to public.
Seating is limited. Reservations for the Vancouver lecture: 604.291.5100. For more information on the Burnaby talk: 778.782.3229
Editors: Cory Doctorow will have limited time while he is in Vancouver, but he is also available by phone in advance. To arrange an interview please contact Barry Shell at 778.782.3125, shell@sfu.ca.