2026-04-20T11:01:42Z https://yabu.me Masoud Abkenar https://yabu.me/npub1xw8cqpr9y0mkfkd04sds2duv8kd74lgg5pme8k90yujuuu45m96qezdcz3 https://aleph.land/system/accounts/avatars/000/010/090/original/6c725825dfef6ddb.jpeg https://aleph.land/system/accounts/avatars/000/010/090/original/6c725825dfef6ddb.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstnajxnmupp6u30yq0r8t0wklcka7aesr642sru0247hfytlgyvnczyqeclqqyv53lwexe47kpkpfh3s7eh6hapzs80y7c4unjtnnjknvhgl4gw2c How can a country without an anti-circumvention law handle its first trade-deal with USA?<br/><br/>Inspired by Cory Doctorow&#39;s Post-American Internet proposition [1], I&#39;m thinking of the day when Iran&#39;s theocratic government falls, and the new political system starts normal economical relationship with the world.<br/><br/>Not only #Iran does not have any kind of anti-circumvention law, it is the biggest economy that is not a signatory to the Bern convention on copyright. Nevertheless, it has a relatively advanced and self-sufficient domestic IT world, with services for maps, video streaming, cloud services, finance, ride hailing, etc. At some point in 2021 ArvanCloud, an Iranian IT company, was the 8th highest-traffic CDN in the world.<br/><br/>So how would you build the almost-non-existent outward-facing economy of a big country, without falling into the usual trap of #enshittification?<br/><br/>Your ideas are very welcome. I would very much also like to know what Cory <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> thinks about this :)<br/><br/>[1] <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition</a> 2026-01-12T14:18:05Z