Usually, when it comes to piracy on the Internet, it goes without saying that writers and musicians are definitely against piracy. It’s just that some people are embarrassed to talk about it. It seems obvious that uncontrolled replication of works is unprofitable for the author. However, there are people who think differently. And they don’t just think, but shamelessly use the Internet to promote their own creations. Thus, a supporter of the free distribution of texts turned out to be Cory Doctorow, a not very well-known science fiction writer in our country, who received the John Campbell Award in 2000 and was nominated for the Nebula last year.