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Reference
Title: | Equity perceptions as a deterrent to software piracy behavior |
Author: | David E Douglas and Timothy Paul Cronan [University of Arkansas], James D Behel [Harding University] |
Source: | Information & Management 44, no. 5: 503-512 |
Year: | 2007 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Software |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To study the perception of fairness as a deterrent to software piracy behaviour. |
Sample: | 232 undergraduate business students at different universities |
Methodology: | Anonymous and voluntary questionnaire completed during class time |
Main Findings
Found that equity perceptions are indeed one of the factors influencing attitude and behaviour toward software piracy. Suggest that changing attitudes by changing views of fairness is possible and can result in a decreased incidence of software piracy. Fairness can be promoted through advertising and pricing (suggest a "pay as you use" approach as the ultimate fair exchange).
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]