Digital piracy has permeated virtually every country and costs the global economy many
billions of dollars annually. Digital piracy is the unauthorized and illegal digital copying or …

The Internet through the world-wide-web has well and truly opened 'Pandora's Box'as far as
the record industry is concerned, and there is no going back. The extensive use of illegal file …

Purpose–Through an empirical analysis of a consumption community, the purpose of this
paper is to demonstrate that the theories of gift-giving, sharing and commodity exchange …

Although the Internet features excess demand for media, especially movie downloads, the
motion picture industry lacks sustainable business models for this market. An enriched form …

Because theory-based research can provide a better understanding of the psychological
motivations and reasons why college students intend to engage in illegal digital …

This study explores file sharers' reported motivations for downloading and uploading content
on peer-to-peer networks, including ethical obligations guiding file sharing. Drawing on …

New technologies seem to have expanded traditional face-to-face communities of practice
across spatial and temporal boundaries into “online communities of practice.” However …

This research develops an integrative model of music piracy, specifying self-control and
differential association as antecedents, peer influence in music downloading/sharing as …

In this study, Baltruschat calls attention to dramatic changes in worldwide media production.
Her work provides new insights into industry re-organization, digital media, and audience …

Napster went legit years ago. Grokster and Aimster are fading memories. And the once
ubiquitous media coverage of peer to peer (" P2P") file sharing has dwindled to occasional …