Ripped from the Headlines: What can the Popular Press Teach us about Software Piracy?

Software piracy is an instance of unauthorized duplication of information goods where laws and norms are not agreed-upon. This article presents a content analysis of articles from the five highest circulating U.S. newspapers 1989–2004 as evidence of the prevailing social environment surrounding soft...

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Authors: Zamoon, Shariffah (Author) ; Curley, Shawn P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2008
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 83, Issue: 3, Pages: 515-533
Further subjects:B news reports
B ethical rationales
B Neutralization theory
B Software Piracy
B Moral Intensity
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