IP Outreach Research > IP Crime
Reference
Title: | 2006 Topline Report |
Author: | [BusinessWeek Research Services] |
Source: | Business Software Alliance |
Year: | 2006 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Film, Music, Software, Video Games |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To study downloading and file-sharing within the workplace. |
Sample: | 954 corporate managers hiring/supervising recent college graduates and 523 recent college graduates |
Methodology: | Online survey |
Main Findings
About one-third of managers reported that they would reject a candidate that they knew had lax attitudes toward illegal file sharing, or had improperly obtained shared files. Most workers can expect to be disciplined or reprimanded if caught improperly obtaining or sharing copyrighted files at work; 18% of the manages would actually fire them. 22% of recent graduates improperly obtain various types of copyrighted files at work.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]