Downloading: Piracy or panacea?

Feeney, Mary; Miller, R.M.

doi:10.1177/016555158400800102

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“…Straub and Collins (1990) cited digital piracy as a key ethical problem facing managers of a variety of business types since the 1970s. Other studies of this period explored the technical, social and legal precautions available to reduce or ameliorate piracy (Root, 1980; Elsom, 1983; Feeney and Miller, 1984). Since this early work, there have been numerous studies into how digital piracy artefacts are perceived and used.…”

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Initial findings of a gap analysis of the digital piracy literature: six undiscovered countries

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2012

Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing

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PurposeDigital piracy continues to be a problem for firms, industry lobby groups and regulators. The purpose of this paper is to report initial findings of a review of the digital piracy literature. To reduce conceptual overlap and duplicated effort, the author aims to identify gaps in understanding for future research.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews prior literature on digital piracy across disciplinary areas.FindingsSix gaps are identified, being the supply of pirate digital materials, piracy for non‐desktop environments, alternative distribution methods, the quality of pirate materials, the behaviour of piracy groups, and the benefits of digital piracy. These gaps constitute important undiscovered areas of knowledge.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper excludes working papers and practitioner articles, which may contain different insight. The paper reports initial findings only, and the ongoing analysis may shed new light on these findings.Originality/valueThe paper contributes by providing a multidisciplinary view of gaps in the literature. No prior study has yet reviewed prior literature with a view to identifying these opportunities for future work.

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Initial findings of a gap analysis of the digital piracy literature: six undiscovered countries

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2012

Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing

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“…Downloading, an alternative to online printing according to Mortensen [1], is described by Feeney and Miller [2] as a logical development from the provision of online databases and document delivery systems. Gray [3] feels that the temptations of technological innovation raise important issues in relation to copyright, with which the information industry is being forced to grapple.…”

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