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COUNTER Scientific and Stakeholder Advisory Group (SSAG) has a major impact on driving the ambitions of the project. This group consists of highly motivated leading scientists and key representatives from trade, consumer and policy agencies who together ensure that COUNTER’s research is both robust and relevant. The principal tasks performed by the Scientific Advisory Group are [...]
Brown, J. (2008). From Friday to Sunday: the hacker ethic and shifting notions of labour, leisure and intellectual property. Leisure Studies, 27, 395-409.
Leisure studies scholars have theorised how the Web is changing leisure experiences, and this essay continues that work by discussing the Web and shifting notions of leisure, labour and intellectual property. Much online [...]
Hinduja, S. (2008). De-individuation and Internet software piracy. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 11, 391-398.
Computer crime has increased exponentially in recent years as hardware, software, and network resources become more affordable and available to individuals from all walks of life. Software piracy is one prevalent type of cybercrime and has detrimentally affected the economic health of the [...]
Pons, J. D. M., & Garcia, M. C. (2008). Legal origin and intellectual property rights: an empirical study in the prerecorded music sector. European Journal of Law and Economics, 26, 153-173.
This article aims at identifying differences in copyright protection in prerecorded music markets, and more specifically the impact of the legal system on the demand [...]
Yar, M. (2008). The rhetorics and myths of anti-piracy campaigns: criminalization, moral pedagogy and capitalist property relations in the classroom. New Media & Society, 10, 605-623.
This article deals with current attempts by copyright industries (music, motion pictures and computer software) to challenge and criminalize practices of piracy and copyright theft, especially in relation to internet [...]
Chang, M. C., Lin, C. F., & Wu, D.(2008). Piracy and limited liability. Journal of Economics, 95, 25-53.
This paper analyzes the effects of end-user piracy on a monopolized software industry with network effects in which consumers have heterogeneous income and limited liability. Limited liability produces a piracy cost which increases with income. The monopolist thus [...]
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