Monday, August 21, 2000
More Taking Than Giving on the Web (NY Times)
"Two scientists at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center have surveyed the behavior of anonymous music downloaders on the Internet and have found that ... most Internet users are only taking files and not giving any back to their electronic community." BoyCaught's parents used to say: 'All you kids know is: gimme, gimme, gimme.' Who knew we were ahead of our time? Contrast with this recent take on the situation, or read the actual paper. (Registration required for NY Times.) (Posted by BoyCaught)


