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Productivity Changes of Asian Economies by Taking into Account Software Piracy

Neil Horton — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:01:32 +0000

Ding, C. G., & Liu, N.T. (2009). Productivity Changes of Asian Economies by Taking into Account Software Piracy. Economic Inquiry, 47, 135-145.

For the past two decades, the fast-developing Asia has emerged as one of the most important economic regions. However, its economic growth is accompanied with severe software piracy. This paper analyzes productivity changes of [...]

Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study 2007 Global Study

Neil Horton — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:29:56 +0000

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Ripped from the Headlines: What can the Popular Press Teach us about Software Piracy?

Neil Horton — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:27:26 +0000

Zamoon, S., & Curley, S. P. (2008). Ripped from the Headlines: What can the Popular Press Teach us about Software Piracy? Journal of Business Ethics, 83, 515-533.

Software piracy is an instance of unauthorized duplication of information goods where laws and norms are not agreed-upon. This article presents a content analysis of articles from the five [...]

De-individuation and Internet software piracy

Neil Horton — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:03:31 +0000

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 [...]

Illegal adoption of a new product: A model of software piracy behavior

Neil Horton — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:13:29 +0000

Parthasarathy, M., & Mittelstaedt, R. A. (1995). Illegal adoption of a new product: A model of software piracy behavior. Advances in Consumer Research, 22, 693-698.

This paper is concerned with the decision process of computer software adopters, especially pirates. Based on past research, a model is proposed that contains two general normative constructs that influence the [...]

Software piracy and its legal implications

Neil Horton — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:44:51 +0000

Koen, C. M., & Im, J. H. (1997). Software piracy and its legal implications. Information & Management, 31, 265-272.

Software piracy is a pervasive phenomenon in the wake of the proliferation of microcomputers in the end user computing environment. Software vendors and the software vendors’ trade association, the Software Publishers Association (SPA), have been very aggressive [...]

International software piracy: Analysis of key issues and impacts

Neil Horton — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:35:35 +0000

Gopal, R. D., & Sanders, G. L. (1998). International software piracy: Analysis of key issues and impacts. Information Systems Research, 9, 380-397.

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 [...]

Global Software Piracy: You can’t get blood out of a turnip

Neil Horton — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:19:59 +0000

Gopal, R. D., & Sanders, G. L. (2000). Global Software Piracy: You can’t get blood out of a turnip. Communications of the ACM, 43, 82-89.

The impact of national culture on software piracy

Neil Horton — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:16:59 +0000

Husted, B. W. (2000). The impact of national culture on software piracy. Journal of Business Ethics, 26, 197-211.

This paper examines the impact of the level of economic development, income inequality, and five cultural variables on the rate of software piracy at the country level. The study finds that software piracy is significantly correlated to GNP [...]

Software Piracy – Estimation of Lost Sales and the Impact on Software Diffusion

Neil Horton — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:13:29 +0000

Givon, M., Mahajan, V., & Muller, E. (1995). Software Piracy – Estimation of Lost Sales and the Impact on Software Diffusion. Journal of Marketing, 59, 29-37.

Software piracy by users has been identified as the worst problem facing the software industry today. Software piracy permits the shadow diffusion of a software parallel to its legal diffusion [...]