In this interview on O'Reilly Network, Cory Doctorow discusses his new book available for download, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, in light of his views on P2P and IP.

For instance, I got a good laugh out of Doctorow's criticism of the music industry:

But the recording industry has a story of, "We do two really important roles. One is to make music available and the other is to compensate artists." But one of the things we know is that 80 percent of all of the music ever released isn't for sale anywhere in the world. And another thing we know is that 97 percent of the artists signed to a recording contract earn less than $600 per year off of it. So Napster doesn't have a better track record at compensating artists, but it sure as shit had a better track record of making music available.

And for anyone who's been wondering about Whuffie, you'll get a good explanation in this interview.