Software piracy: Is it related to level of moral judgment?

Logsdon, Jeanne M.; Thompson, Judith Kenner; Reid, Richard A.

doi:10.1007/bf00871698

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“…At the advent of globalization, greased with increasing sophistication of ICTs, the role of international, bilateral and multilateral IP laws (treaties) must be integrated into the piracy-governance nexus. (2) The argument that nations with high levels of corruption are likely to not place much emphasis on the morality of protecting IP rights (Logsdon et al 1994;Husted 2000) is quite incompletely stated because; corruption-control is not the only tool in the hands of governments to tackle piracy and uphold…”

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Fighting Software Piracy: Which Governance Tools Matter in Africa?

2013

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. (1) while all governance tools under consideration significantly decrease the incidence of piracy, corruption-control is the most effective weapon; (2) but for voice and accountability, political stability and democracy, IPR laws (treaties) are instrumental in tackling piracy through government quality dynamics of rule of law, regulation quality, government effectiveness, corruption-control, and press freedom. Hence, the need for a policy approach most conducive to expanding development is to implement an integrated system of both IPRs and corollary good governance policies. Moreover, our findings support the relevance of good governance measures in developing countries wishing to complement their emerging IPR regimes. Terms of use: Documents in

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Fighting Software Piracy: Which Governance Tools Matter in Africa?

2013

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“…A number of terms have emerged which describe the illegal actions including 'softlifting' (Kini et al 2004;Lane and Lane 1996;Logsdon et al 1994), peer-to-peer file-sharing and music piracy (Gopel et al 2004).…”

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Identifying entrepreneurs through risk taking behaviour: illegal downloading

Pascoe

Mortimer

2014

Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship

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Purpose – This paper aims to explore, and is the first in a series, whether it is possible to use risk-taking activities as way of identifying potential entrepreneurs. The research examines the motivations of individuals to engage in deviant consumer behaviour, in this case illegal downloading and the link between this behaviour and possible entrepreneurial characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology approach was of a quantitative nature using a 32-item questionnaire disseminated to 215 undergraduate students at a UK university. Findings – Although there was strong evidence of entrepreneurial traits existing across the participants, including risk-taking propensity, no relationship could be found between risk-taking propensity and illegal downloading. Reasons put forward for these findings were that the level of risk involved was too low to be identified as such by the downloaders, even though the non-downloaders were worried about being caught and, therefore, were not participating in it. Attitudes towards this misbehaviour change when it is not for their own consumption and very few students participated in that activity. Research limitations/implications – This study is limited to a cohort of undergraduate students at only one university. This study begins to understand the potential link between misbehaviour and entrepreneurial traits. Originality/value – This paper examines the possible link between consumer misbehaviour, in this case illegal downloading and the display of entrepreneurial risk-taking characteristics. The implication of “consumer misbehaviour” through illegal downloading being “entrepreneurial” has, to our knowledge, not been previously tested and could be a useful and inexpensive way of identifying future entrepreneurs and consequently directing relevant support and training to the right people.

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“…Based on the results of the sample of 363 undergraduate students Logsdon, Thompson, and Reid (1994) investigated the relationship between level of moral judgment and attitudes toward software copying and didn't find a significant relationship. Simpson et al (1994) studied 209 students in the United States and found religion as a potential influencer in the propensity to pirate software.…”

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Demographic Factors Affecting Freshman Students' Attitudes towards Software Piracy: An Empirical Study

Acılar¹

2010

IISIT

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The widespread use of computers and the Internet has provided many advantages to everyday life, but also created new opportunities for unethical and illegal acts such as software piracy. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) and International Data Corporation (IDC) estimated that worldwide software piracy rate went up to 41 percent in 2008 and worldwide losses to software vendors due to software piracy totaled more than $50 billion in 2008 (BSA andIDC, 2009). Besides being an economic problem, software piracy is also an ethical issue, especially in academic settings. The evidences from numerous studies suggest that many undergraduate students consider software piracy and other unethical use of information technologies as an acceptable behavior.The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationships between the demographic characteristics of freshman students and their attitudes towards software piracy. Data were obtained from a survey sample of 125 students in the Department of Business Administration at a public university in Turkey. The study found that overall attitudes of freshman students towards software piracy are close to neutral position on the Likert scale. The results of the regression analysis showed that monthly family income and duration of Internet usage in a week affected attitudes of freshman students towards software piracy, but to a lower extent.

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Software piracy: Is it related to level of moral judgment?

Cited by 128 publications

References 21 publications

Fighting Software Piracy: Which Governance Tools Matter in Africa?

Fighting Software Piracy: Which Governance Tools Matter in Africa?

Identifying entrepreneurs through risk taking behaviour: illegal downloading

Demographic Factors Affecting Freshman Students' Attitudes towards Software Piracy: An Empirical Study

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