Can scholarly pirate libraries bridge the knowledge access gap? An empirical study on the structural conditions of book piracy in global and European academia external link

Bodó, B., Antal, D. & Puha, Z.
PLoS ONE, vol. 15, num: 12, 2020

Abstract

Library Genesis is one of the oldest and largest illegal scholarly book collections online. Without the authorization of copyright holders, this shadow library hosts and makes more than 2 million scholarly publications, monographs, and textbooks available. This paper analyzes a set of weblogs of one of the Library Genesis mirrors, provided to us by one of the service’s administrators. We reconstruct the social and economic factors that drive the global and European demand for illicit scholarly literature. In particular, we test if lower income regions can compensate for the shortcomings in legal access infrastructures by more intensive use of illicit open resources. We found that while richer regions are the most intensive users of shadow libraries, poorer regions face structural limitations that prevent them from fully capitalizing on freely accessible knowledge. We discuss these findings in the wider context of open access publishing, and point out that open access knowledge, if not met with proper knowledge absorption infrastructures, has limited usefulness in addressing knowledge access and production inequalities.

Auteursrecht, frontpage, Internet, knowledge gap, libraries, piraterij

Bibtex

Article{Bodó2020c, title = {Can scholarly pirate libraries bridge the knowledge access gap? An empirical study on the structural conditions of book piracy in global and European academia}, author = {Bodó, B. and Antal, D. and Puha, Z.}, url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl=10.1371/journal.pone.0242509 }, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242509}, year = {1204}, date = {2020-12-04}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, volume = {15}, number = {12}, pages = {}, abstract = {Library Genesis is one of the oldest and largest illegal scholarly book collections online. Without the authorization of copyright holders, this shadow library hosts and makes more than 2 million scholarly publications, monographs, and textbooks available. This paper analyzes a set of weblogs of one of the Library Genesis mirrors, provided to us by one of the service’s administrators. We reconstruct the social and economic factors that drive the global and European demand for illicit scholarly literature. In particular, we test if lower income regions can compensate for the shortcomings in legal access infrastructures by more intensive use of illicit open resources. We found that while richer regions are the most intensive users of shadow libraries, poorer regions face structural limitations that prevent them from fully capitalizing on freely accessible knowledge. We discuss these findings in the wider context of open access publishing, and point out that open access knowledge, if not met with proper knowledge absorption infrastructures, has limited usefulness in addressing knowledge access and production inequalities.}, keywords = {Auteursrecht, frontpage, Internet, knowledge gap, libraries, piraterij}, }

Polderpiraten voor anker external link

Poort, J., Ende, M. van der & Yagafarova, A.
TPEdigitaal, vol. 13, num: 2, pp: 97-111, 2019

Abstract

Dit artikel bespreekt hoe de verwerving en consumptie van muziek, films, series, games en boeken zich tussen 2012 en 2017 in Nederland heeft ontwikkeld. Voor al deze soorten materiaal is de omzet in die periode gestegen, behalve voor boeken. De groep die weleens materiaal downloadt of streamt uit illegale bronnen is kleiner geworden voor muziek en games, gelijk gebleven voor films en series en licht gestegen voor boeken. Piraten consumeren echter veel vaker betaalde content dan niet-piraten. De vrees voor piraterij zou de ontwikkeling van e-boekabonnementen daarom niet in de weg moeten staan.

Auteursrecht, boeken, film, frontpage, games, muziek, nederland, piraterij

Bibtex

Article{Poort2019d, title = {Polderpiraten voor anker}, author = {Poort, J. and Ende, M. van der and Yagafarova, A.}, url = {http://www.tpedigitaal.nl/artikel/polderpiraten-voor-anker}, year = {1001}, date = {2019-10-01}, journal = {TPEdigitaal}, volume = {13}, number = {2}, pages = {97-111}, abstract = {Dit artikel bespreekt hoe de verwerving en consumptie van muziek, films, series, games en boeken zich tussen 2012 en 2017 in Nederland heeft ontwikkeld. Voor al deze soorten materiaal is de omzet in die periode gestegen, behalve voor boeken. De groep die weleens materiaal downloadt of streamt uit illegale bronnen is kleiner geworden voor muziek en games, gelijk gebleven voor films en series en licht gestegen voor boeken. Piraten consumeren echter veel vaker betaalde content dan niet-piraten. De vrees voor piraterij zou de ontwikkeling van e-boekabonnementen daarom niet in de weg moeten staan.}, keywords = {Auteursrecht, boeken, film, frontpage, games, muziek, nederland, piraterij}, }

The science of piracy, the piracy of science. Who are the science pirates and where do they come from: Part 2 external link

Kluwer Copyright Blog, vol. 2019, 2019

Auteursrecht, piraterij, wetenschap

Bibtex

Article{Bodó2019c, title = {The science of piracy, the piracy of science. Who are the science pirates and where do they come from: Part 2}, author = {Bodó, B.}, url = {http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2019/03/21/the-science-of-piracy-the-piracy-of-science-who-are-the-science-pirates-and-where-do-they-come-from-part-2/}, year = {0321}, date = {2019-03-21}, journal = {Kluwer Copyright Blog}, volume = {2019}, pages = {}, keywords = {Auteursrecht, piraterij, wetenschap}, }

The science of piracy, the piracy of science. Who are the science pirates and where do they come from: Part 1 external link

Kluwer Copyright Blog, vol. 2019, 2019

Auteursrecht, frontpage, piraterij

Bibtex

Article{Bodó2019b, title = {The science of piracy, the piracy of science. Who are the science pirates and where do they come from: Part 1}, author = {Bodó, B.}, url = {http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2019/03/06/the-science-of-piracy-the-piracy-of-science-who-are-the-science-pirates-and-where-do-they-come-from-part-1/}, year = {0307}, date = {2019-03-07}, journal = {Kluwer Copyright Blog}, volume = {2019}, pages = {}, keywords = {Auteursrecht, frontpage, piraterij}, }