DIGITAL PIRACY: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE INTENTION TO PIRATE – A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL APPROACH

Rúben Meireles () and Pedro Campos ()
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Rúben Meireles: Faculty of Economics, University of Porto
Pedro Campos: Faculty of Economics, University of Porto and LIAAD INESC TEC

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Abstract: Faster internet connections are breaking most of the geographic barriers. At the same time, the huge digital content that have been generated in last years is motivating new forms of digital piracy. We know that piracy of copyrighted digital material has a huge impact on countries’ economy, being a major issue for the whole society and not only for content creators. The purpose of this paper is to investigate digital piracy intention. For that purpose, we have expanded the framework of the theory of planned behavior using the utility theory, the deterrence theory and other relevant constructs. Using data from students of a Portuguese university and high school, a sample of 590 questionnaires has been collected. Two models were developed and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The first considers the full sample (Full Model), while the second considers only those who had pirated (Pirate Model). The pirate model confirmed the existence of a significant and strong relation between past behavior and intention towards digital piracy.

Keywords: Information and Internet Services; Computer Software, Digital Piracy, Theory of Planned Behavior, Deterrence Theory, Structural Equation Modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L86 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2016-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ict, nep-ipr, nep-pr~, nep-pay and nep-upt
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