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Doctorow's novella "Unauthorized Bread" explains why we have to fight DRM today to avoid a grim future

Salima has a problem: her Boulangism toaster is locked down with software that ensures that it will only toast bread sold to her by the Boulangism company… and as Boulangism has gone out of business, there's no way to buy authorized bread. Thus, Salima can no longer have toast.

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