Piracy Behavior Research Articles

Research on Knowledge Payment Product Supply Chain Governance Based on Blockchain: An Evolutionary Game Model

ABSTRACTBlockchain provides a new opportunity to govern the dilemmas in the knowledge payment product supply chain. This paper introduces blockchain into the evolutionary game to explore the behavioral strategies of knowledge providers, platforms, and consumers and to analyze in depth the influence of initial willingness and blockchain‐related factors by the system dynamics. The analysis shows that (1) improving the tripartite initial willingness is conducive to accelerating the process of supply chain governance and making the system reach an ideal state: knowledge providers choose compliance creation, platforms adopt blockchain, and consumers buy authorized product; (2) there are specific thresholds for the blockchain adoption cost and the premium of product brought by blockchain, only when the cost and premium are lower than the thresholds, the system evolves towards the ideal state; (3) when blockchain is adopted, it can effectively inhibit knowledge providers' illegal creation behavior and consumers' piracy behavior by increasing the punishments of platforms on knowledge providers and consumers. The results provide guidance to implement effective governance and the orderly development of knowledge payment industry.

Analysis To Prevent Digital Piracy

Digital piracy is a topic that is gaining a lot of attention due to the increased reliance on the Internet. Furthermore, very little research has been done in developing nations, with the majority of studies focusing on comprehending piracy in industrialized nations. This study closes this gap by reporting on an experiment conducted in an Arab and Middle Eastern nation to discourage or prevent digital piracy behavior. The research employed an experiment in which the samples were subjected to various treatments (effects of law, religion, and awareness). The findings showed that the only treatments that reduced digital piracy were awareness and religion, with awareness having a greater impact on piracy intention. The study's findings and their implications for future research and practice are covered in this paper

Risk Analysis of Pirate Attacks on Southeast Asian Ships Based on Bayesian Networks

As a bridge for international trade, maritime transportation security is crucial to the global economy. Southeast Asian waters have become a high-incidence area of global piracy attacks due to geographic location and complex security situations, posing a great threat to the development of the Maritime Silk Road. In this study, the factors affecting the risk of pirate attacks are analyzed in depth by using the Global Ship Piracy Attacks Report from the IMO Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS) database (i.e., 2013–2022) in conjunction with a Bayesian Network (BN) model, and the Expectation Maximization algorithm is used to train the model parameters. The results show that piracy behaviors and the ship’s risk are the key factors affecting the risk of pirate attacks, and suggestions are made to reduce the risk of pirate attacks. This study develops a theoretical basis for preventing and controlling the risk of pirate attacks on ships, which helps maintain the safety of ship operations.

Psychological Reactance to Anti-Piracy Messages explained by Gender and Attitudes

Digital piracy is costly to creative economies across the world. Studies indicate that anti-piracy messages can cause people to pirate more rather than less, suggesting the presence of psychological reactance. A gender gap in piracy behavior and attitudes towards piracy has been reported in the literature. By contrast, gender differences in message reactance and the moderating impact of attitudes have not been explored. This paper uses evolutionary psychology as a theoretical framework to examine whether messages based on real-world anti-piracy campaigns cause reactance and whether this effect is explained by gender and pre-existing attitudes. An experiment compares one prosocial and two threatening messages against a control group to analyze changes in piracy intention from past behavior for digital TV/film. Results indicate that the prosocial message has no significant effect, whereas the threatening messages have significantly opposing effects on men and women. One threatening message influences women to reduce their piracy intentions by over 50% and men to increase it by 18%. We find that gender effects are moderated by pre-existing attitudes, as men and women who report the most favorable attitudes towards piracy tend to demonstrate the most polarized changes in piracy intentions. The practical implications of the results are that men and women process threatening messages differently, therefore behavioral change messages should be carefully targeted to each gender. Explicitly, threatening messages may be effective on women, but may have the reverse effect on men with strong favorable attitudes towards the target behavior.

INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSES OF YOUTH PIRACY BEHAVIOR IN LITHUANIA

Digital piracy is a pervasive and persistent problem in the modern digital economy, with significant economic and social implications. The main aim of the paper is to find out the methods of analysis and factors of youth piracy behavior as well as investigate the main causes of youth piracy behavior in Lithuania. The objectives are to discuss theoretical models of consumer piracy behavior; to introduce the methodological background of the research; to investigate Lithuanian youth opinion and reasons of piracy behavior. An absolute majority of respondents find reasons to justify violation of author rights. The most popular reasoning is “why should one pay if it is possible to find anything free of charge on the internet?” and “it is too expensive to pay”. Having studied the problem from different aspects (by gender, place of residence, nature of activities), the results showed that there is no big difference between individual groups.

INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSES OF YOUTH PIRACY BEHAVIOR IN LITHUANIA

Digital piracy is a pervasive and persistent problem in the modern digital economy, with significant economic and social implications. The main aim of the paper is to find out the methods of analysis and factors of youth piracy behavior as well as investigate the main causes of youth piracy behavior in Lithuania. The objectives are to discuss theoretical models of consumer piracy behavior; to introduce the methodological background of the research; to investigate Lithuanian youth opinion and reasons of piracy behavior. An absolute majority of respondents find reasons to justify violation of author rights. The most popular reasoning is “why should one pay if it is possible to find anything free of charge on the internet?” and “it is too expensive to pay”. Having studied the problem from different aspects (by gender, place of residence, nature of activities), the results showed that there is no big difference between individual groups.

Assessment of global shipping risk caused by maritime piracy

Due to the frequent occurrence of piracy incidents, normal trade, and transportation activities have been hindered. This paper uses the Piracy and Armed Robbery dataset in the Global Integrated Shipping Information System to analyze the types and evolutionary characteristics of shipping risk caused by piracy and the piracy behavior patterns in different seas. This study found that there are three regions with high incidence of piracy in the world, and their gathering centers change dynamically over time. Piracy incidents can be divided into four categories based on the quantitative assessment of shipping risk caused by piracy. Shipping risk caused by piracy shows different evolution characteristics in different seas, affected by factors such as the evolution of national political situations and anti-piracy measures. Based on the qualitative assessment of the shipping risk caused by piracy, the piracy corpus reflects the diverse patterns of piracy in different seas. In the process of pirate attacks, the diversity is mainly manifested in violence and selectivity. In the consequences of pirate attacks, the targets that pirates pay attention to vary significantly in different seas. This research will help to strengthen the dynamic monitoring of shipping risk caused by piracy, and further contribute to the research on maritime transport safety.

Analysis of Factors Influencing Intention and Behavior of Piracy on Digital Entertainment Platforms in Indonesia

Aims: This study aims to identify the factors that influence individual intentions and behavior to pirate digital entertainment platforms by using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).
 Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in Indonesia between January and March 2023.
 Methodology: The data in this study were obtained through an online questionnaire using the Google Form which was distributed to 200 respondents who had accessed websites (such as IndXXI, LK21 and others) or entertainment platforms (such as Spotify, Joox, Netflix, Viu, Maxstream and others) illegally. The results will be presented through a descriptive analysis of the characteristics of the respondents and PLS-SEM analysis.
 Results: The results show that influencing factors such as attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and moral obligation have a positive and significant influence on digital piracy intentions. These results are also supported by the presence of a positive and significant influence on digital piracy intentions on digital piracy behavior.

The Determinants of Digital Piracy Behaviour in Malaysia

The advancement of technology has facilitated sustainable and significant development in supporting digitalisation of business operations, including but not limited to electronic commerce, but also resulting in a significant increase in digital crimes, particularly online piracy. Many consumers seek out pirated content and the majority of them do not perceive it as something that could eventually harm the creative industry or perceive it as a wrong practice. Therefore, the problem of online piracy becomes rampant. This research investigates the direct and indirect relationships between deviant peer associations, perceived benefits, attitude towards digital piracy, subjective norms, self-efficacy, digital piracy intention and actual digital piracy behaviour. A total of 450 samples were gathered via an online self-administered questionnaire survey. The data was evaluated by structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). According to the statistical findings, all of the direct and indirect relationships among the seven variables are significantly supported. This study provides theoretical and managerial implications by demonstrating that digital piracy intention has a significant relationship on actual digital piracy behaviour as well as deviant peer associations have a significant relationship on an individual’s attitude towards digital piracy. This study concludes with some limitations and recommendations for the future digital piracy research.

Effect of Perceived Sanction Risk on Digital Piracy Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Effect of Perceived Sanction Risk on Digital Piracy Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling Approach

A brand hegemony rejection explanation for digital piracy

PurposeThis paper aims to uncover the influence of copyright holder/digital media policies on digital piracy behavior using the brand hegemony rejection (BHR) theory.Design/methodology/approachContent analysis of in-depth personal interview data from active digital pirates is analyzed using BHR theory.FindingsBHR is found useful in understanding pirating motivations, which vary greatly across time and across digital mediums. Piracy is often motivated by profit enhancing policies of big media copyright holders, which are deemed unfair and not customer-oriented, but such motivations are greatly reduced when copyright holders offer attractive legal means to obtain digital content. Pirates generally do not feel sympathy for large media companies, but some pirates feel guilt that their actions may hurt digital content creators.Research limitations/implicationsThe relatively small sample of pirates is primarily from Norway and hence may not be representative of other media markets.Practical implicationsA large portion of digital piracy can potentially be eliminated if copyright holders are customer focused and offer desired content with a format and price that are deemed fair. The technical skills of pirates are high, and they can resort to piracy whenever they feel rights holders are not customer-oriented.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first application of BHR theory to the digital piracy arena, and it is found to provide useful insights in explaining the rise and fall of piracy. This application of the BHR theory also suggests it might be usefully applied to the study of other ethically questionable consumer activities.

Predictors of digital piracy behaviour among British lecturers/senior lecturers and postgraduate students: a mixed-method approach

Predictors of digital piracy behaviour among British lecturers/senior lecturers and postgraduate students: a mixed-method approach

Predictors of digital piracy behaviour among British lecturers/senior lecturers and postgraduate students: a mixed-method approach

Predictors of digital piracy behaviour among British lecturers/senior lecturers and postgraduate students: a mixed-method approach

Will foundry become a competitor of manufacturer in ODM supply chain?

PurposeThis paper aims to study whether the upstream foundry in the original design manufacturer (ODM) supply chain will violate the commission contract and engage in the production of pirated products. Based on the conclusion, this study hopes to explain the phenomenon of pirated products in reality and provide management enlightenment for related companies.Design/methodology/approachTo understand when will foundry violates the processing contract, this paper constructs a five-stage decision-making model, this study derives a model to get three situations and draw data images to describe the characteristics of decision-making by the foundry. Finally, this paper also considers some external supervision.FindingsThe results show that processing fee and other parameters (special cost, common cost, weakening factor and product difference) jointly determine the possibility of piracy by the foundry. Moreover, the external supervision mechanism has a significant effect on the piracy behavior of the foundry.Research limitations/implicationsThe research provides some support for real business activities, which actually involve many participants and mechanisms. Thus, it could be interesting to explore more multi-stage and complex business methods in reality.Practical implicationsThe analysis highlights less-concerned moral hazard behaviors in the ODM supply chain. By recreating the complex interactions of participants, the conclusion shed light on how should different roles deal with their risks and take actions in a real business environment.Originality/valueThe biggest contribution of this study is to discuss the issue of moral hazard in the ODM supply chain. Piracy initiated by foundries may be a new type of supply chain risk and should be paid attention to.

Liar, liar, pants on fire! Social desirability bias in software piracy research

ABSTRACT Measures of ethical behaviours in research may be subject to social desirability bias (SDB). Most behavioural aspects of software piracy research are a subset of ethical research. Few studies of software piracy have explicitly addressed the issue of SDB. In this article, the extent of SDB that may be present in software piracy is empirically assessed. This was done by comparing SDB in software piracy under three conditions using the 40-item Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR) scale. First, software piracy behaviour was examined in an experimental setting with actual money at stake. This allowed subject behaviour to be observed rather than inferred from self-report responses. Second, a survey was conducted to test the extent of software piracy based on subject self-report responses. Third, the extent of software piracy was also assessed based on peer-report responses (i.e.: the subject reported whether their peers would pirate). A comparison of the responses in the three conditions allows us to draw inferences about SDB in software piracy research. Self-report surveys exhibited high levels of SDB. The behaviour in the experimental condition, and responses in the peer-report survey method, did not exhibit SDB.

Predicting consumers' digital piracy behaviour: does past experience matter?

PurposeDespite increasing anti-piracy legislation, digital piracy remains widespread and presents a huge barrier to the growth of creative industries globally. Hence, this study aims to examine predictors of digital piracy through the lens of an extended version of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Furthermore, the authors also examine the moderating effects of past experience (non-experienced versus experienced) on the relationships between the common four TPB dimensions on intention to engage in digital piracy.Design/methodology/approachUsing a survey method, the authors collected 832 student respondents in Semarang, Indonesia. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was performed to analyse the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThe results showed that the influence of attitude, subjective norm and moral obligation on intention is significantly different between experienced and non-experienced consumers. The positive influence of attitude on intention to engage in digital piracy is stronger for non-experienced than experienced consumers. The influence of subjective norm on intention is significant and positive for non-experienced consumers but is not significant for experienced consumers. The influence of moral obligation on intention is significant and positive for non-experienced consumers but turns negative and significant for experienced consumers.Originality/valueThis research contributed to the body of knowledge by investigating the role of past experience as a moderator in the TPB model which renders the authors to have a better understanding of the differences in the thinking process between experienced and non-experienced consumers.

Empirical Study of Consumer Digital Piracy Behavior among Indonesian Youths

The problem of digital piracy is most prevalent in developing countries, such as China and Indonesia Countries that have low average incomes and high unemployment rates are particularly vulnerable to digital piracy. The role of government in improving the field of information technology is still low. This kind of situation has encouraged the increase of the rate of software piracy in the country. The purpose of this paper is effect of Perceived benefits on the attitude toward digital piracy and intention to pirate digital piracy based on models from empirical research. This study uses SEM analysis to assess the effect of Perceived benefits on the attitude towards digital piracy and intention to pirate digital piracy. Result of this study, Perceived benefits influences consumer's attitude toward digital piracy and intention to pirate digital piracy, the attitude toward digital piracy influences intention to pirate digital piracy.

Investigating Neutralization Strategies in Digital Piracy: The Role of Content Preferences and Social Norms

ABSTRACT Digital piracy is perceived as a victimless crime and therefore still challenges media industries. According to the neutralization theory, criminal behavior is more likely if individuals are able to justify it. As little is known about inhibitors and drivers of these cognitive processes, the current study investigated such preconditions by linking neutralization to social norms and content preferences (movies and series) in order to explain piracy attitudes and behavior. Results of an online survey which adopted a conjoint-task showed that attitudes toward digital piracy mediate neutralization effects on digital piracy behavior. Injunctive norms and the preference for independent movies foster neutralization effects.

Factors Affecting on the Digital Piracy Behavior: An Empirical Study in Vietnam

Digital products are illegally used in various areas in the world. This behavior causes bad effects on e-commerce activities. This study aimed to find out factors influencing digital piracy behavior in Vietnam, where digital piracy rate is fairly high. In previous research, the approach focused on separate aspects and the scope focused mainly on students. Therefore, an integrated approach could return a better result. Based on the theory of planned behavior and related researches, this study proposed an integrated model to explore the factors affecting digital piracy behavior in Vietnam. Some viewpoints that have been integrated into the proposed model include a psychological, moral, legal, economic and technological viewpoint. The sample consists of 264 people in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The results showed that the perceived behavioral control strongly influences the intention, and then on the digital piracy behavior. Besides, perceived behavioral control is influenced by technology development and perceived risk. This research confirmed most of the proposed hypotheses and showed the important role of technology in predicting this kind of behavior in Vietnam. Based on the findings of this study, several suggestions have been made to mitigate the digital piracy situation in Vietnam.

Book Piracy Behavior among College Students in Indonesia

Book Piracy Behavior among College Students in Indonesia