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Reference
Title: | An empirical study of software piracy among tertiary institutions in Singapore |
Author: | Lydia L Gan [Nanyang Technological University], Hian Chye Koh [SIM University] |
Source: | Information & Management 43, no. 5: 640-649 |
Year: | 2006 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Software |
Country/Territory: | Singapore |
Objective: | To examine perceptions of software piracy and to attempt to discover its underlying factors. |
Sample: | 500 students and staff at Singapore's three universities |
Methodology: | Street-intercept interviews with questionnaires completed on-site |
Main Findings
Age was found to be negatively related to software piracy. Older respondents, using university software mainly at their workplace, tended to pirate less frequently. Students tended to be pirates more often than university employees. Malays were the least frequent pirates of all of Singapore's ethnic groups.
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