This study extends the literature on fighting software piracy by investigating how Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs …) regimes interact with technology to mitigate software piracy when existing levels of piracy are considered. Two technology … metrics (internet penetration rate and number of PC users) and six IPRs mechanisms (constitution, IPR law, main IP laws, WIPO …

There is an ongoing conflict between software copyright owners and a vast majority of users who are continually finding … ways to use the software without paying. The paper investigates the attitudes of the users towards application of licensed … or unlicensed software. Through in-debt analysis of the focus group of software users on one hand and the official …

Considering the similarities and unique characteristics of online file sharing and software piracy …

autonomous rate of software piracy; consistent with the 'law and property rights' theory. (2) But for IPRs laws, the other IP … protection channels (WIPO treaties, Main IP law and multilateral treaties) reduce the incidence of software piracy. (3) In both … short-run and long-term, IPRs protection channels in civil law countries appear to mitigate software piracy more than in …

The music and software industry are employing copy-protection devicesin CDs and digital downloads to strengthen their …. Copyprotection is controversial, because it deprives consumers from makinghome copies of music and software, and hence overrules …