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Cory Doctorow

Canadian-British writer (born 1971)

Life: 1971 – present
Born: July 17, 1971
Nationality: Canada, United Kingdom, United States

Cory Efram Doctorow 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 liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of its licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics.