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 … regressions.The findings show that the relevance of IPR channels in the fight against software piracy is noticeably contingent on …

This study examines the persistence of software piracy with internet penetration vis-à-vis of PC users, conditional on … responsible for the persistence of global software piracy. Knowing how technology affects the persistence of piracy is important … because it enables more targeted policy initiatives. We show that the sensitivity of software piracy to IPRs mechanisms is …

new creative works. We continue by summarizing recent findings on what businesses can do to compete with piracy and the … effectiveness of anti-piracy interventions on encouraging consumers to migrate from illegal to legal consumption channels. We … set of strategies and government copyright policies in the digital era …

enforcement efforts on choices to install pirated versus paid software. We find that: (a) the vast majority of "retail piracy" can …. Finally, we are able to evaluate how piracy changes in response to country-specific anti-piracy enforcement efforts against …This paper evaluates the nature, relative incidence and drivers of software piracy. In contrast to prior studies, we …