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Hello! For my Ph.D. dissertation I’m conducting a research study into digital piracy. I’m particularly interested in the motivations for sharing files. As part of the study, I have a survey that I’d like to invite anyone to complete. It’s completely anonymous, so I have no way of identifying who provided the responses.
For anyone who does complete it, there’s a link at the end to sign up for a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card that will be distributed once the collection period is complete (4/1/2020).
If you’d like to participate, the link is below:
https://vcuportal.questionpro.com/t/AL8D4Zfciw
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Put simply, there is something ethically *wrong* with trying to impose artifical scarcity on infinitely reproducible resources.
Content creators need to be *publicly* funded.
Socialism? Yup.
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(Mar 05, 2020, 16:02 pm)waregim Wrote: Put simply, there is something ethically *wrong* with trying to impose artifical scarcity on infinitely reproducible resources.
Content creators need to be *publicly* funded.
Socialism? Yup.
Interesting. I'm not at all against the idea, but how would the logistics of that work? I.E. how would funding be determined—project size, number of people working/hours worked, project quality, creator skill? The only model I've really ever read about kept a capitalistic model for content creation but socialism in other aspects of society freed people up so that creation is easier (not sure that's the best summary but I'm hoping that makes sense).
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(This post was last modified: Mar 10, 2020, 10:30 am by RobertX.)
It is hard to defend (I'm not saying impossible!) the notion of publicly-funded art, especially when the idea turns into a propaganda argument.
Art is not a necessity of life, apart from the spiritual side anyway.
That being said, I am a socialist and I am for pitching in for the common good. Some might even call me a "Communist Nut."
I'll think about this a little more. This subject is intriguing.
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https://vcuportal.questionpro.com/a/GoBa...=552483056
Psyva, about the above link, do you actually think anyone would answer those questions "candidly?" Get that particular question out of your survey!
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The simplest method is public funding of promising Open Source projects.
Have students at publicly funded academic institutions create projects that fill a void.
As an example, Putin funded ReactOS a few hundered thousand dollars. Far too little for the promise and scope of the project, but still a start.
Use the vast amries of contractors developing spyware *against* the people, to develop P2P decentralized systems *FOR* the people, and by gawd enact into law a demand that all ISPs provide PERMANENT IPs and permit servers.
With a properly decentralized system, and a blockchain database, one can actually have a *true* democracy, and be rid forever of the parasites.
A few new amendments, and alot more torches and pitchforks.
Capitalism has descended into beuarocratic rot, when one os forced to 'reinvent the wheel' everytime someone wants to be creative or productive due to copyright concerns.
Read Richard Stallman.
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The same way doctors are in Canada and UK, right?
That I agree with.
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(Mar 10, 2020, 05:21 am)RobertX Wrote: It is hard to defend (I'm not saying impossible!) the notion of publicly-funded art, especially when the idea turns into a propaganda argument.
Art is not a necessity of life, apart from the spiritual side anyway.
That being said, I am a socialist and I am for pitching in for the common good. Some might even call me a "Communist Nut."
I'll think about this a little more. This subject is intriguing.
EDIT:
https://vcuportal.questionpro.com/a/GoBa...=552483056
Psyva, about the above link, do you actually think anyone would answer those questions "candidly?" Get that particular question out of your survey!
The link you gave won't let me see which question(s) you're referring to specifically unfortunately. I know some of the questions included in the survey could definitely make people hesitant to answer, but that's kind of expected with this type of research and is always a limitation. There are quite a few questions included that I don't necessarily agree with including (or at least the wording of them), but needed to be added either to be consistent with prior research or committee requirements.
Personally, I tend to support a combination of capitalism/socialism (Nordic model) but with a heavier lean towards socialism. I'm always interested in different perspectives though. And @waregim, I've read a bit by Stallman about software freedom and the GNU project in the past, but I'll take another look.
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OK, the questions I'm referring to are the ones that force me to tell if I've been malicious or plain simply ask if I have been causing grief in people's lives.
Who's going to truthfully those questions? Fix those questions up and sound less accusatory if you want people to feel free to aid you on your research.
Good luck.
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(Mar 13, 2020, 22:16 pm)RobertX Wrote: OK, the questions I'm referring to are the ones that force me to tell if I've been malicious or plain simply ask if I have been causing grief in people's lives.
Who's going to truthfully those questions? Fix those questions up and sound less accusatory if you want people to feel free to aid you on your research.
Good luck.
Ahh, yes, I didn't write that set of questions and had to keep the wording as-is, but I definitely see how some wouldn't want to answer them.
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(Mar 15, 2020, 16:25 pm)Psyva Wrote: (Mar 13, 2020, 22:16 pm)RobertX Wrote: OK, the questions I'm referring to are the ones that force me to tell if I've been malicious or plain simply ask if I have been causing grief in people's lives.
Who's going to truthfully those questions? Fix those questions up and sound less accusatory if you want people to feel free to aid you on your research.
Good luck.
Ahh, yes, I didn't write that set of questions and had to keep the wording as-is, but I definitely see how some wouldn't want to answer them.
Geez, for those type of questions, go to hackforums.com
But use a Linux Live DVD and do not ever provide a real email address to those folk...... A den of vipers.
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