I find that the best way to avoid paying for access to scholarly knowledge -
both in legal terms and in effectiveness - is to email the author, express
interest, and ask for any material they can send you. Most times, you'll get
something free, legal, newer and with helpful insight straight from
well, since, i have received a pdf copy of the Christensen paper. i
am willing to send it along to any small quantity of people who ask.
i realize the AES would rather that people get the paper from them
and pay for it, but if the cost is $20 (for non-members), they cannot
expect a lot of com
I still didn't learn what Orfanidis has to say but I'm glad with
serious discussions about copyright and formal and practical
organization methods for non Open Source intellectual or art materials.
I think when or of I create a nice piece of DSP software or a good
theory applicable in th
Theo is correct regarding the morality of media today. The situation
is an absolute disaster. It will not be remedied unless and until
every download, page view, or stream of audio sends a payment to the
copyright holder. Doesn't have to be a big payment. But it needs to be
a reliable, actual payme
