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Reference
Title: | Preventive and Deterrent Controls for Software Piracy |
Author: | Ram D Gopal [University of Connecticut], G Lawrence Sanders [State University of New York] |
Source: | Journal of Management Information Systems 13, no. 4: 29-48 |
Year: | 1997 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Software |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To test the implications of anti-piracy measures on the profits of software publishers. |
Sample: | 130 MBA students |
Methodology: | Two sets of randomly distributed anonymous questionnaires |
Main Findings
The study's results suggest that preventive controls (such as copy-protection technology) fail to increase publisher profits. However, deterrent controls (such as consumer education campaigns and threats of legal sanctions) appear to have the potential to increase software publisher profitability.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]