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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Music piracy"”.
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Contemporary perceptions of music piracy in South Africa
… and critically analyse the perceptions of music piracy in South Africa, with particular focus on compact disc (CD) music piracy, internet music piracy and retail music piracy. The socio-economic framework was enlisted with empirical research approach leaning towards the qualitative research …
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Discursive practices around film and music piracy in selected newspaper articles and radio broadcasts in South Africa
… analyses South African news media discourses on piracy to consider whether corporate interests or those of civil society are served by stories about copyright infringement and piracy awareness campaigns. This thesis employs critical discourse analysis to show that hegemonic interests are …
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Music Piracy and Its Criminalization: Understanding the Napster Era (1999) to Present Through Donald Black's Theory of Moral Time
<p>In the year 1999 Napster, a provider of music downloading software, broke news headlines around the world when copyright infringement lawsuits were filed against the company. Ever since then internet music piracy has been a very controversial topic and a target for criminalization efforts. In …
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Marketing, distribution, and consumption of popular music in the face of music piracy and the economic meltdown in Zimbabwe from 2008 to 2019
… decades has contributed to an increase in music piracy globally in all forms. As a result, piracy has become a global phenomenon affecting the production, marketing, distribution, and consumption of music. In Zimbabwe, this has been exacerbated by the economic meltdown that the country is …
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Contemporary Pirates: An Examination of the Perceptions and Attitudes Toward the Technology, Progression, and Battles that Surround Modern Day Music Piracy in Colleges and Universities.
… pilot study (n=22) were administered an online music file sharing survey, a Defining Issues Test (DIT), and participated in a small focus group. This thesis also outlined the history and progression of online music piracy in the United States, and addressed four research questions which aimed to …
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An investigation of the effect that the availability of legitimate channels for acquiring digital music has on piracy in South Africa
The problem of music piracy has been around for many years and costs the global economy millions of dollars annually. In recent years, advances in technology have facilitated more efficient methods for disseminating music in non-physical (digital) form by means of peer-to-peer networks and the …
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What it’s Worth: Preferences and Expectations of Music Listeners in the Evaluation of Material Affordances
… interviews with heavy consumers of music to demonstrate that the shift from analog to digital technologies has shaped how everyday consumers comprehend, evaluate, and appreciate music platforms and services. Chapter one proposes a revision to the sociological understanding of the …