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Reference
| Title: | Music Piracy - Differences in the Ethical Perceptions of Business Majors and Music Business Majors |
| Author: | Susan Lee Taylor [Belmont University] |
| Source: | Journal of Education for Business 79, no. 5: 306-310 |
| Year: | 2004 |
Details
| Subject/Type: | Piracy |
| Focus: | Music |
| Country/Territory: | United States of America |
| Objective: | To investigate student perceptions regarding ethical aspects of downloading, sharing, copying and selling copyrighted music from Internet and non-Internet sources. |
| Sample: | 375 undergraduate students studying business and music business |
| Methodology: | Self-administered questionnaire |
Main Findings
69% of the students surveyed have downloaded music from the Internet. 65% of business majors and 56% of music business majors thought that it was not unethical to download music without paying. Those who have never downloaded music were much more likely to consider illegal downloading as unfair to the music industry.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]