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

The open-source software operating system Linux is a free-of-charge substitute to proprietary systems like Microsoft … Windows. By using a cross-country data set, this paper finds evidence that increased piracy of proprietary software has a … Linux operating system on their desktop computers. Thus, in the absence of software piracy, Linux would be a more widely …

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 …

Despite tremendous debate and policy interest in software piracy, statistics compiled by the Business Software Alliance … apparently became more sensitive to changes in income. Third, piracy rates depended on projections of software usage based on per …

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 …