Poll: A few thoughts on piracy

[Gindil]

I just received wind of this massive report [http://piracy.ssrc.org/the-report/] today and it asks a pretty inventive question. But first, we'd better get into what this is about.

This is a report on "Media Piracy in Emerging Economies"

It's a 440 page missive describing how the report tells two tales:

...one tracing the explosive growth of piracy as digital technologies became cheap and ubiquitous around the world, and another following the growth of industry lobbies that have reshaped laws and law enforcement around copyright protection. The report argues that these efforts have largely failed, and that the problem of piracy is better conceived as a failure of affordable access to media in legal markets.

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This problem has little to do with enforcement and a lot to do with fostering competition.?

And so, there is currently a dilemma set up [http://piracy.ssrc.org/the-consumers-dilemma/]:

To recap, the CD license creates different paths to acquiring the report: first, we have an IP address geolocator that sends visitors from high income countries toward an $8 paywall when they download the report; all other resolvable IP addresses get free access. Second, and separately available, a ?commercial reader? license that costs $2000. There?s also a $28 book, but I will assume that?s not at issue here.

And so Escapist, I present that dilemma to you. Depending on where you are in the world, you can get this book for free (Canada and the rest of the world other than the places listed as high income -> USA, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, Israel, Singapore, and several of the Persian Gulf States (Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Brunei, and Bahrain). It costs $8 and is great to show about piracy for good or ill.

However, there IS a way to get this for free. I'll show that way in one day with the reserved place below. You can find it for free on your own. Pay for the book or find it through other means. It's a great way to get some data on piracy. All I ask is be honest, and either PM me with a quick quote, stating your decision, or PM.

Here is the Consumer's Dilemma:

The Consumer?s Dilemma license is a way of reversing that equation and, in the most minor ways, requiring an explicit engagement with it. Among the surreal aspects, that simple choice can subject you to crushing civil and criminal penalties, but you can rest easy knowing that only very rare, arbitrary examples will be made (and none in our case). Now that?s theater. Our license has a theatrical side, to be sure, but it also stays true to the experiences documented in the report. Those experiences?the personal choices and the market and price structure that informs them?are the report?s primary subject.

ps. some have wondered why Canada is not on the list of high-income countries pushed into the Consumer?s Dilemma. This has nothing to do with Canada?s GDP or relative standard of living, which we hear good things about. It has everything to do with the funding of this project by a Canadian public organization, the International Development Research Centre. Thanks IDRC!

-Edit- Dammit! My poll didn't show up! >_<

 

[Gindil]

You might be a pirate [http://www.scribd.com/urprobablyapirate]

 

[Gindil]

"To recap, the CD license creates different paths to acquiring the report: first, we have an IP address geolocator that sends visitors from high income countries toward an $8 paywall when they download the report; all other resolvable IP addresses get free access."

Classist and racist.

Actually... That's satire...

Check my second post.

 

[Gindil]

Hmmm [http://torrentfreak.com/game-changing-study-puts-piracy-in-perspective-110311/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Torrentfreak+(Torrentfreak)]

Small summary on the report.

 

[OtherSideofSky]

That doesn't sound very fair to low-income people living in high-income countries. $8 is 10% of my monthly budget, including money I need for food and laundry, and I can't usually afford to spend that much on a survey.

 

[Gindil]

That doesn't sound very fair to low-income people living in high-income countries. $8 is 10% of my monthly budget, including money I need for food and laundry, and I can't usually afford to spend that much on a survey.

Check the second post.