random incoherence and infantile meanderings

A quick quote from the latest Charlie Stross “Common Misconceptions about Publishing”

(Some of you may with some justification point to Cory Doctorow and say, “how come he puts out free ebooks without DRM?” To which, I’m afraid to say the answer is that Cory is a Special Snowflake with EFF superpowers and New York Times Bestseller mojo which make him immune to the normal laws of man and nature. The rest of us still get to pay cash.)

The entire post is well worth reading, though (as usual), the comments start to get my blood boiling fairly quickly. See Rules of the Internet #1.