This is a fun little story. I found it because it was mentioned in @RDClark's link post about banned book libraries running in wifi light bulbs #1523205. It's got a cool concept at its heart even if it is trying a little too hard to be cool. For instance:
Never mess with someone who understands buffer overflow exploits.
It's the most optimistic cyberpunk story I've encountered maybe ever and also, I think, the most idealistic. In many ways it reminded me of Ready Player One #1475820
New guy wanders in, faded BOG ORC shirt on, like the 70's horror comic. Story of Jack Jones, heroic public defender, chased by the mob, gut shot, left for dead to sink into the ooze. Does a deal with an evil spirit of the bog, gets reborn as a green skinned monster with pointy ears and big teeth, seeks revenge and justice mostly by ripping guys in half. Got the whole run scanned into the library, one of my crown jewels. Nothing like it, available almost nowhere but here, original publisher having disappeared without passing on the rights.
But, I think it is more thoughtful than that story:
When you realize how many things can be fixed with twenty-five cents worth of hot plastic, you start wondering why everything costs so much. All you need is a copy of the right file and you can have one. Companies who sell you new stuff, they don't want you to know. Our collection has all that stuff in there with the movies and comics; 3D scans and deprecated signing keys and old instruction manuals and the older version of the thing you need that still works because it turns out the new version they sold you is crap.
Anyhow, it's a nice quick read.
Fun read. Makes me wish I was that guy.
It changed my whole weekend... Great read.
Not a brown thing on em