In this paper, we examine global trajectories, dynamics, and tendencies of software piracy to ease the benchmarking of …. The richness of the dataset allows us to disaggregate countries into fundamental characteristics of business software … main finding suggest that, a genuine timeframe for standardizing IPRs laws in the fight against software piracy is most …

This study examines the persistence of software piracy with internet penetration vis-à-vis of PC users, conditional on …-2010 and the Generalised Method of Moments. The main finding is that, compared to internet penetration, PC usage is more … responsible for the persistence of global software piracy. Knowing how technology affects the persistence of piracy is important …

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 …

intellectual property more effectively. Finally, they show that the spread of access to the Internet is negatively correlated with … the software piracy rate. …

intellectual property more effectively. Finally, they show that the spread of access to the Internet is negatively correlated with … the software piracy rate. …

global timelines for common policies against business software piracy. The findings on 99 countries are premised on 15 … fundamental characteristics of software piracy based on income-levels (high-income, lower-middle-income, uppermiddle- income and … ranges from 4 to 10 years. -- software piracy ; intellectual property rights ; panel data ; convergence …

developing countries, focusing on the case of software protection in Egypt. Transplanting western made IPR rules and enforcement …