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Workshop with economist Bodo Balasz, whose research is on shadow libraries and the forces that drive them, taking the point of view that "if you do not understand the black market, you can not organize legality". Bodo's recent work is on the dataset of Library Genesis. The most striking conclusions drawn from his analysis show that use of Library Genesis has increased dramatically in the developing world, it is actually those in the privileged, richer countries that are using the service most, raising questions if cost competition is the driving factor of use of shadow libraries. Also examined are file formats, which reveals interesting facts about the duplication process involved in creating copies.

The process differs historically between Eastern and Western countries due to cultural and technological differences. In the East (particularly in Russia and eastern bloc countries) texts were initially re-typed. This follows the tradition established in samizdat publishing of duplicating texts by hand. The need to have developed systems of private distribution was higher in former Soviet countries. In the West, most texts were photocopied or scanned initially, due to cheaper access to the technology.

Bodo has examined the dataset of a mirror of Library Genesis, analaysing features using a browser-based interactive python server. By running code on the csv file of the dataset, it is possible to establish trends and make inferences on the behaviour of the users of the shadow library. Certain problems may arise due to the metadata associated with each file - different character sets, errors, lack of information and "inaccurate" information can make some analyses difficult to pin down. Using interactive python, we did single variable analysis, and also two-dimensional analysis.

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-Workshop with economist Bodo Balasz, whose research is on shadow libraries and the forces that drive them, taking the point of view that "if you do not understand the black market, you can not organize legality". Bodo has examined the dataset of a mirror of Library Genesis, analaysing features using a browser-based interactive python server.
+Workshop with economist Bodo Balasz, whose research is on shadow libraries and the forces that drive them, taking the point of view that "if you do not understand the black market, you can not organize legality". Bodo's recent work is on the dataset of Library Genesis. The most striking conclusions drawn from his analysis show that use of Library Genesis has increased dramatically in the developing world, it is actually those in the privileged, richer countries that are using the service most, raising questions if cost competition is the driving factor of use of shadow libraries. Also examined are file formats, which reveals interesting facts about the duplication process involved in creating copies.
-Interestingly, the process of duplication differs historically between Eastern and Western countries due to cultural and technological differences. In the East (particularly in Russia and eastern bloc countries) texts were initially re-typed. This follows the tradition established in samizdat publishing of duplicating texts by hand. The need to have developed systems of private distribution was higher in former Soviet countries. In the West, most texts were photocopied or scanned initially, due to cheaper access to the technology.
+The process differs historically between Eastern and Western countries due to cultural and technological differences. In the East (particularly in Russia and eastern bloc countries) texts were initially re-typed. This follows the tradition established in samizdat publishing of duplicating texts by hand. The need to have developed systems of private distribution was higher in former Soviet countries. In the West, most texts were photocopied or scanned initially, due to cheaper access to the technology.
-Library Genesis is one of the largest shadow libraries, as its contents include those from other large libraries (such as Sci-Hub). It is also mirrored in many locations, making it difficult to take down.
+Bodo has examined the dataset of a mirror of Library Genesis, analaysing features using a browser-based interactive python server. By running code on the csv file of the dataset, it is possible to establish trends and make inferences on the behaviour of the users of the shadow library. Certain problems may arise due to the metadata associated with each file - different character sets, errors, lack of information and "inaccurate" information can make some analyses difficult to pin down. Using interactive python, we did single variable analysis, and also two-dimensional analysis.
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