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Reference
Title: | Software copyright infringement among college students |
Author: | Eric Chiang [University of Florida], Djeto Assane [University of Nevada Las Vegas] |
Source: | Applied Economics 34, no. 2: 157-166 |
Year: | 2002 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Software |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To analyse the extent of software copyright infringement among college students and their attitudes towards the risk of apprehension and conviction. |
Sample: | 148 college students of diverse backgrounds and fields of study, from four different universities across the USA |
Methodology: | Anonymous questionnaires distributed in dormitories, classrooms and student unions |
Main Findings
Males and computer majors showed a strong propensity to infringe software copyright. Admitted infringers were likely to minimise the risk of being caught. Business and economics majors were more risk averse.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]