Ethical decision making and information technology: an introduction with cases
Ethical decision making and information technology: an introduction with cases
Guidelines for using case scenarios to teach computer ethics
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
Management Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Alternate distribution strategies for digital music
Communications of the ACM - Why CS students need math
Business Models for Music Distribution after the P2P Revolution
WEDELMUSIC '04 Proceedings of the Web Delivering of Music, Fourth International Conference
HICSS '05 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 07
Student Attitudes on Software Piracy and Related Issues of Computer Ethics
Ethics and Information Technology
File Sharing as a Form of Music Consumption
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Ethics and Information Technology
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International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing
Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing: Psychological Reactance and the Theory of Planned Behaviour
International Journal of Technoethics
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Although downloading music through unapproved channels is illegal, statistics indicate that it is widespread. The following study examines the attitudes and perceptions of college students that are potentially engaged in music downloading. The methodology includes a content analysis of the recommendations written to answer an ethical vignette. The vignette presented the case of a subject who faces the dilemma of whether or not to download music illegally. Analyses of the final reports indicate that there is a vast and inconsistent array of actions and underlying feelings toward digital music downloading. The findings reveal inconsistencies between participants' recommendations (what the subject should do) and their attitudes and opinions on the matter (what they would do in a similar situation). These inconsistencies support the notion that as technology evolves, it creates discrepancies between the way things are and the way the law expects them to be, leaving society in a muddle, trying to reconcile the two. What remains to be seen is whether the discrepancy in the case of music downloading becomes extreme enough that the law changes to accommodate an increasingly prevalent behavior, or whether new business models will emerge to bridge the gap between legality and reality.