Global software piracy: you can't get blood out of a turnip
Communications of the ACM
Factors motivating software piracy: a longitudinal study
ICIS '99 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Information Systems
Digital music and online sharing: software piracy 2.0?
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Trends and patterns among online software pirates
Ethics and Information Technology
The effect of national culture and economic wealth on global software piracy rates
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ICEC '03 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Electronic commerce
Global software piracy revisited
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A justification for software rights
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
A justification for software rights
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society - Special print issue of ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society: selection of best papers 2004-2006
Information Systems Research
Unauthorized copying of software: an empirical study of reasons for and against
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
Economic Implications of Variable Technology Standards for Movie Piracy in a Global Context
Journal of Management Information Systems
Microproducts in a Digital Economy: Trading Small, Gaining Large
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Consumer Search and Retailer Strategies in the Presence of Online Music Sharing
Journal of Management Information Systems
Equity perceptions as a deterrent to software piracy behavior
Information and Management
Software Piracy in the Workplace: A Model and Empirical Test
Journal of Management Information Systems
Economics of shareware: How do uncertainty and piracy affect shareware quality and brand premium?
Decision Support Systems
Parameters for Software Piracy Research
The Information Society
Optimal Pricing of Digital Experience Goods Under Piracy
Journal of Management Information Systems
Impact of piracy on innovation at software firms and implications for piracy policy
Decision Support Systems
Willingness to Pay in an Open Source Software Environment
Information Systems Research
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
On the reliability of software piracy statistics
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Optimal software pricing in the presence of piracy and word-of-mouth effect
Decision Support Systems
Digital goods and markets: Emerging issues and challenges
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Modelling social cognitive theory to explain software piracy intention
HI'11 Proceedings of the 2011 international conference on Human interface and the management of information - Volume Part I
Entertainment Without Borders: The Impact of Digital Technologies on Government Cultural Policy
Journal of Management Information Systems
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Software piracy among IT professionals in organizations
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Vanity, cracks and malware: insights into the anti-copy protection ecosystem
Proceedings of the 2012 ACM conference on Computer and communications security
Towards a conceptual model of software piracy: from students perspective
International Journal of Business Information Systems
Examining Digital Piracy: Self-Control, Punishment, and Self-Efficacy
Information Resources Management Journal
Entertainment Without Borders: The Impact of Digital Technologies on Government Cultural Policy
Journal of Management Information Systems
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The pervasiveness of software piracy throughout the world is having a profound effect on the software publishing industry and the development of digital intellectual properties and technologies-especially in developing countries, where the piracy rates are extremely high. An economic model is first presented that incorporates the incentive structures for governments, software publishers, and individual consumers. The analytical model provides the economic rationale for the reluctance of a number of governments to aggressively enact and enforce intellectual property rights. An important proposition derived from the analysis states that the government's incentive to enact and enforce copyright laws are closely related to the size of the domestic software industry. The ensuing empirical study provides support for the proposition and further suggests that this relationship holds regardless of the income levels of the countries. Our analysis reveals that alliances between foreign and domestic software publishers through product relationships can be mutually beneficial and will provide an environment of increased copyright enforcement. These results provide a viable strategy to combat global software piracy. With strong policies on copyright enforcement, and a vigorous promotion of alliances between foreign and domestic publishers, a government can increase the net welfare of the country and help establish a strong domestic software industry. Through product relationships with domestic publishers, a foreign publisher can improve profits and operate in an environment of increased intellectual property protection. We then present a general model of ethical behavior related to the impact of behavioral and cultural factors on software piracy. The purpose of this model is to examine whether these determinants of piracy behavior are supranational and transcend cultural and ethical barriers. An empirical study involving U.S. and Indian graduate students suggests that the general model of ethics as related to software piracy is valid in the United States. However, the model results from the Indian sample suggest that additional cross-cultural research with revised models and improved scales is necessary.