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How to Destroy the Book, by Cory Doctorow

Jonathan Worth

This article was published on Dec 14, 2009 in the Features section

From his speech on copyright at the National Reading Summit. Transcribed by JADE COLBERT

On November 13, Cory Doctorow spoke to a crowd of about a hundred librarians, educators, publishers, authors, and students on “How to Destroy the Book,” as part of the National Reading Summit held at the ROM.

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