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A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads!
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:21 pm
by dsheinem
So in doing some research I came across
this article called "Retro Gaming Subculture and the Social Construction of a Piracy Ethic" which had some quotes I was sure I recognized (starting around p. 756). A little bit of Google-Fu and, sure enough, some of the threads here were being cited!
Here are the threads I picked up on that were used in the essay. Lots of old and new regulars are anonymously cited including jp1, CRTGAMER, weasels, the7k, JT, Luke, Ivo, MrPopo, and more:
viewtopic.php?t=18577viewtopic.php?t=17103viewtopic.php?t=17888viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11412&p=112566So some of you can say you were cited in the International Journal of Cyber Criminology
As for the author - Steven Downing - are you still kicking around here?

Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:38 pm
by Luke
dsheinem wrote:So in doing some research I came across
this article called "Retro Gaming Subculture and the Social Construction of a Piracy Ethic" which had some quotes I was sure I recognized (starting around p. 756). A little bit of Google-Fu and, sure enough, some of the threads here were being cited!
Here are the threads I picked up on that were used in the essay. Lots of old and new regulars are anonymously cited including jp1, CRTGAMER, weasels, the7k, JT, Luke, Ivo, MrPopo, and more:
viewtopic.php?t=18577viewtopic.php?t=17103viewtopic.php?t=17888viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11412&p=112566So some of you can say you were cited in the International Journal of Cyber Criminology
As for the author - Steven Downing - are you still kicking around here?

Am I credited? Not sure what post he used from me.
Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:47 pm
by dsheinem
Luke wrote:dsheinem wrote:So in doing some research I came across
this article called "Retro Gaming Subculture and the Social Construction of a Piracy Ethic" which had some quotes I was sure I recognized (starting around p. 756). A little bit of Google-Fu and, sure enough, some of the threads here were being cited!
Here are the threads I picked up on that were used in the essay. Lots of old and new regulars are anonymously cited including jp1, CRTGAMER, weasels, the7k, JT, Luke, Ivo, MrPopo, and more:
viewtopic.php?t=18577viewtopic.php?t=17103viewtopic.php?t=17888viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11412&p=112566So some of you can say you were cited in the International Journal of Cyber Criminology
As for the author - Steven Downing - are you still kicking around here?

Am I credited? Not sure what post he used from me.
No, neither the site or members are credited, which I assume is intended to protect anonymity. I recognized the arguments/topics and then googled the threads and quotes.
Luke, you are the person cited as a self-professed Christian or some such.
Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:17 pm
by Gunstar Green
I came for the quotes but stayed for the article. There's a lot of interesting observations about our subculture, some obvious and others more in-depth.
It covers all of the angles of collecting vs. pirating as well from authenticity to financial concerns. I think the retro community really does struggle with how preservation of software should be handled especially with all the gray areas it creates.
Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:54 pm
by Ivo
Thanks for the heads-up, I will go and check it out and be back later with my thoughts on it.
Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:55 pm
by Luke
dsheinem wrote:Luke, you are the person cited as a self-professed Christian or some such.
I nearly busted a gut when he cited me as "the preacher".
Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:56 pm
by samsonlonghair
I read the article. Now I'm going to hazard a guess:
Could the author be... JT?
Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:58 pm
by dsheinem
samsonlonghair wrote:I read the article. Now I'm going to hazard a guess:
Could the author be... JT?
No, he's a psychologist and was in grad school at the time the essay was published.
Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:59 pm
by samsonlonghair
That's exactly why I guessed him. I'm speculating that the author was in grad school in 2011.
Re: A scholarly article on piracy that uses RB forum threads
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:02 pm
by dsheinem
samsonlonghair wrote:That's exactly why I guessed him. I'm speculating that the author was in grad school in 2011.
Well the author taught/teaches in Canada and JT lives/went to school in Seattle and works in an entirely different field.
Here's the author's university website:
http://www.socialscienceandhumanities.u ... owning.php