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2010 Music Downloading Survey Results
This survey was created for a class where I was debating the efficacy of copyright legislation; the survey allowed me to get a current and relevant data source. This is in no way a pier-reviewed journal study, but I think it’s a powerful tool for those who wish to further study the problem of music piracy, copyright infringement and social norms for both issues.
This survey was created through the freeware LimeSurvey and was installed on the domain ‘brandonplank.com/survey’; it ran from September 17 to November 19, 2010.
The survey consisted of threw question groups: DEMOGRAPHICS (3 questions), ATTITUDES (11 questions), DOWNLOADERS (6 questions) and CONCLUSION (1 question); questions for ‘DOWNLOADERS’ were conditional and only presented to survey takers that chose ‘Yes’ to the question “I DOWNLOAD MUSIC OFF THE INTERNET.”.
The survey recorded the taker’s IP address and blocked anyone that attempted to take the survey more than once from the same IP address; other than the IP address, the survey did not request or retain any distinguishing information that can be tracked back to the survey taker.
Invitations for the survey were distributed through posts on Facebook, MySpace, on several music-based message boards and through the Depth Recordings mailing list.
Recycling In San Antonio- A ‘How To’
If you’re a San Antonio transplant from the West Coast, like I am, you probably noticed the lackadaisical approach to recycling this city has. You’ve also, no doubt, noticed how difficult it is to find solid, accurate information on the internet to tell you where to recycle things!
I’m going to give you all the best info possible, so you can continue to recycle and you won’t have to throw away those things which we’re so used to recycling. Keep in mind that the recycling centers are only open on weekdays, which is pretty inconvenient, but you gotta work with whatcha got!
