Here’s a reading (MP3) of a my November, 2013 Locus column, Collective Action, in which I propose an Internet-enabled “Magnificent Seven” business model for foiling corruption, especially copyright- and patent-trolling. In this model, victims of extortionists find each other on the Internet and pledge to divert a year’s worth of “license fees” to a collective... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2014/03/31/podcast-collective-action-the-magnificent-seven-anti-troll-business-model/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Collective Action – the Magnificent Seven anti-troll business-model">more <i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i></a>

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