I have a friend in England who was telling me that they actually focused on trying to make younger people the demographic for this study... and obviously younger people are more likely to fileshare.
I wish this was more than an unsubstantiated rumor, but I couldn't find anything online about it.
Imagine if when the national highway system was built... if the builders asked to only build enough lanes to just barely serve the parts of America with the least number of cars.
Broadband is critical infrastructure and if the US is serious about being a modern nation we need to catch up... not fall further behind
I'm missing it this year:( quite sadly. I'd highly recommend that you go. It's one of those things where afterwards you'll being wondering why you even considered not going.
Once you get there everything will make sense. You have to remember that this is not a typical event. People who go consider themselves a community and almost everyone supports the EULA because of past problems where people tried to sell videos of people at the event without their consent.
As for the tickets, they are well worth it and are not sold for profit, but to cover the costs of the event. Such as leasing the land from the BLM, providing toilet facilities for 50,000 people for 1 week, etc... it's actually a bargain!
Also, most people don't know this, but probably 20%-30% of the population have advanced degrees in science or engineering... and trust me that you'll be amazed by the art and contraptions that come out of these peoples heads:)
It's not about privacy. Burning Man is no longer what you described. It's now a corporate money machine
Sorry to tell you that you're just wrong. Burning Man has grown a lot over the years. But what makes it amazing is that it is still a community event that focus on art, people, and wonder... and there is no focus on money.
There is a fire department; a group of rangers that go around helping out participants; and at least 3 medical clinics with doctors, nurses, EMTS; there are entire camps devoted to repairing everything from bicycles to art cars; and the really cool thing, is that every single person working at those places is a participant! They came of their own accord and do what they are doing for free because they love the community.
One of the things that makes Burning Man wonderful is that it is not corporate. And it is not for profit. The ticket prices vary from about $125 to $300 and all give full access for 1 full week. They also don't make any profit from vendors etc... because there are none at the event and they don't want any.
There are only two shops, one for ice and and one for coffee,. And all of the proceeds from that go to the local school district.
In fact the entire economy is gift based, so you will literally have people coming up to you just handing you things, from candy to homemade wine, to carbonated fruit.
If they wanted to make money the festival would completely change and it would pretty much be ruined.
Remember when the telcos claimed that net-neutrality would harm the industry by preventing them from collecting enough money to upgrade the infrastructure in the US?
This proves their previous anti-net-neutrality arguments were BS.
"Republican backers, along with broadband providers such as Verizon and AT&T, say it has sufficient Net neutrality protections for consumers, and more extensive rules would discourage investment in wiring American homes with higher-speed connections."
"By contrast, mandatory network neutrality is bad for business. Unlike the narrowband phone lines of the twentieth century, broadband pipes are being built with billions of dollars of unsubsidized investment in a competitive environment. ISPs make this investment on the assumption they can recover the costs and profit. As such, broadband lines are not the "public resource" that monopoly networks were in the past. Companies that own high-speed lines have a right to recover the costs that other parties impose when they wish to use those lines to transmit high-bandwidth, revenue-rich services of their own. If network neutrality is enacted, ISPs will have no incentive to build new pipes. Consumers will therefore get less choice."
If you read the terms it says that you are free to use and distribute the pictures for personal use. As long as you don't try to sell or profit from them there is no problem.
Even then there are many cases where people do publish the images for profit without a problem. The key is being respectful of other people's rights and ASKING permission before using those images.
Actually the entirety of the terms are written on the back of the ticket and it explicitly states that by using the ticket you agree to the terms.
More importantly, every single person entering the event is personally greeting, this is mostly to give critical information to newcomers, but people are all told about the rules regarding cameras and how they can use the images.
If they don't agree then they don't need to go in.
The bottom line is that this is used to prevent people from taking advantage of participants and selling their images for profit.
There are TONS of burning man pictures available online and the biggest repository is at the burning man website.
http://images.burningman.com/index.cgi?image=34274
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I have a friend in England who was telling me that they actually focused on trying to make younger people the demographic for this study ... and obviously younger people are more likely to fileshare.
I wish this was more than an unsubstantiated rumor, but I couldn't find anything online about it.
Imagine if when the national highway system was built ... if the builders asked to only build enough lanes to just barely serve the parts of America with the least number of cars.
Broadband is critical infrastructure and if the US is serious about being a modern nation we need to catch up ... not fall further behind
I'm missing it this year :( quite sadly. I'd highly recommend that you go. It's one of those things where afterwards you'll being wondering why you even considered not going.
... it's actually a bargain!
... and trust me that you'll be amazed by the art and contraptions that come out of these peoples heads :)
:)
Once you get there everything will make sense. You have to remember that this is not a typical event. People who go consider themselves a community and almost everyone supports the EULA because of past problems where people tried to sell videos of people at the event without their consent.
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/08/26/ctv.burning.man/
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/05/national/05VIDE.html
As for the tickets, they are well worth it and are not sold for profit, but to cover the costs of the event. Such as leasing the land from the BLM, providing toilet facilities for 50,000 people for 1 week, etc
Also, most people don't know this, but probably 20%-30% of the population have advanced degrees in science or engineering
Like a man in a faraday cage with two GIANT tesla coils playing with lightening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJShbQoXVzo
It's not about privacy. Burning Man is no longer what you described. It's now a corporate money machine
Sorry to tell you that you're just wrong. Burning Man has grown a lot over the years. But what makes it amazing is that it is still a community event that focus on art, people, and wonder ... and there is no focus on money.
There is a fire department; a group of rangers that go around helping out participants; and at least 3 medical clinics with doctors, nurses, EMTS; there are entire camps devoted to repairing everything from bicycles to art cars; and the really cool thing, is that every single person working at those places is a participant! They came of their own accord and do what they are doing for free because they love the community.
One of the things that makes Burning Man wonderful is that it is not corporate. And it is not for profit. The ticket prices vary from about $125 to $300 and all give full access for 1 full week. They also don't make any profit from vendors etc ... because there are none at the event and they don't want any.
There are only two shops, one for ice and and one for coffee,. And all of the proceeds from that go to the local school district.
In fact the entire economy is gift based, so you will literally have people coming up to you just handing you things, from candy to homemade wine, to carbonated fruit.
If they wanted to make money the festival would completely change and it would pretty much be ruined.
Remember when the telcos claimed that net-neutrality would harm the industry by preventing them from collecting enough money to upgrade the infrastructure in the US?
This proves their previous anti-net-neutrality arguments were BS.
From http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-148385.html
"Republican backers, along with broadband providers such as Verizon and AT&T, say it has sufficient Net neutrality protections for consumers, and more extensive rules would discourage investment in wiring American homes with higher-speed connections."
From http://www.freedomworks.org/publications/the-problem-with-network-neutrality
"By contrast, mandatory network neutrality is bad for business. Unlike the narrowband phone lines of the twentieth century, broadband pipes are being built with billions of dollars of unsubsidized investment in a competitive environment. ISPs make this investment on the assumption they can recover the costs and profit. As such, broadband lines are not the "public resource" that monopoly networks were in the past. Companies that own high-speed lines have a right to recover the costs that other parties impose when they wish to use those lines to transmit high-bandwidth, revenue-rich services of their own. If network neutrality is enacted, ISPs will have no incentive to build new pipes. Consumers will therefore get less choice."
HAHAHA ... you think people don't try it?
It's WAAAYY harder than you think :)
If you read the terms it says that you are free to use and distribute the pictures for personal use. As long as you don't try to sell or profit from them there is no problem.
Even then there are many cases where people do publish the images for profit without a problem. The key is being respectful of other people's rights and ASKING permission before using those images.
http://www.lennyjones.net/burn2008/2008master/start.htm
Actually the entirety of the terms are written on the back of the ticket and it explicitly states that by using the ticket you agree to the terms. More importantly, every single person entering the event is personally greeting, this is mostly to give critical information to newcomers, but people are all told about the rules regarding cameras and how they can use the images. If they don't agree then they don't need to go in. The bottom line is that this is used to prevent people from taking advantage of participants and selling their images for profit. There are TONS of burning man pictures available online and the biggest repository is at the burning man website. http://images.burningman.com/index.cgi?image=34274