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Showing 1 to 20 of 105 for “"Piracy"”.
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The Palingenesis of Maritime Piracy and the Evolution of Contemporary Counter-Piracy Initiatives
… examines the phenomena of contemporary maritime piracy in Southeast Asia and Northeast Africa during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This research is carried out imder a broad theoretical framework that encompasses historical analysis combined with an examination of …
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Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives
… about copyright infringement, popularly termed 'piracy'. The thesis reveals that, while about 70% of the gamers in this study share content illegally, they express complex and varying motivations for doing so, and have various and conflicting means of understanding the supposed illegality of the …
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Maritime Piracy as a Challenge to Maritime Governance: A Critical Analysis of Counter Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
… towards eradicating the threat of maritime piracy. Incidences of maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is not a recent phenomenon. While not new, the political interest in piracy has grown. Today, maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has become a significant element in the security make up …
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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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"Piracy" in regard to ITV, IPTV and Mobile-Television
My minor dissertation in Intellectual Property Law is about Copyright Law and infringement in relation to mobile television, Internet Protocol Television and Internet Television as well as the online services of downloading and streaming. The thesis will contain of five chapters. The first chapter …
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Network goods, piracy, and firm strategies in the global economy
… reason of cross-country differences in software piracy rate and the strategic reaction of software producers are theoretically and empirically investigated. Five independent but interrelated research topics are included. First, income effect on critical mass and sustainable prices in the presence …
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The seafarer, piracy and the law: a human rights approach
Piracy at sea has existed almost since voyaging began and has been effectively subdued from time to time, principally by the Roman Imperial Navy in the 1st C and the British Navy in the 19th C. Over the past twenty five years piracy has once again been increasing such that it has now become of …
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Investigating Consumers' Software Piracy Using An Extended Theory Of Reasoned Action
Software piracy, the illegal and unauthorized duplication, sale, or distribution of software, is a widespread and costly phenomenon. According to the Business Software Alliance, more than one third of the PC software packages installed worldwide in 2006 were unauthorized copies. This behavior costs …
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Stream piracy and glacial diversion of Little Missouri River, North Dakota
<p>Bedrock river terraces, as much as 275 to 500 feet above the present Little Missouri, are remnants of a former floodplain. The presence of these former shallow valley floor (Little Missouri Terrace No. 4) along the pre-glacial channel and east and north of the Killdeer Mountains suggests several …
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Investigating Factors Influencing Game Piracy in the eSports Settings of South Korea
… model describing determinants of game piracy among eSports game users in South Korea. The study specifically investigated the piracy behaviors of game users according to their demographic background, awareness of copyright laws, and intention to commit game piracy. Using the theory of …
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Enemies of Mankind: the Developing Threat of Modern Maritime Piracy and Terrorism
… This thesis will examine the threat of modern piracy. Piracy as a threat and a concept has evolved throughout history, from the empires of the ancient world to the highly interconnected nation-states of the twenty-first century. Pirates, today, present a threat to international commerce, …
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The menace of piracy and its effects on the marine insurance industry
… has the aim of analysing the metamorphosis of piracy into its present day status as a menace and how it has impacted most especially on the marine insurance industry. The marine insurance industry is basically comprised of the relationship between the assured (shipowner/cargo owner) and the …
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An empirical investigation into the 'piracy' of television series in South Africa
The end-user 'piracy' of television series, particularly of those produced by USA television networks such as HBO, NBC, ABC and FOX, is a growing trend in South Africa. This paper aims to identify why South Africans want to view television series this way and contribute to the research recognising …
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Pirates on the poopdeck: a study of the international law of piracy
The word "piracy" can be indicative of several different things. Perhaps the most popular sense in which the word is employed, is in connection with the computer software and the music industries. In this sense, piracy indicates the theft of intellectual property rights. This can be considered an …
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Ganging up on Jolly Roger in Asia : International cooperation and maritime piracy
… instance of a non-state threat, maritime piracy, and uses it as a probe for understanding the nature of international cooperation vis-a-vis non-state actors. I observe a somewhat surprising trend while collating a database of all instances of international cooperation against maritime …
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The economics of copyright, parallel imports and piracy in the music recording industry
Australia has been at the forefront of trade-related copyright reform having, after almost a decade of debate and controversy, amended the import provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 to allow parallel imports of sound recordings. This thesis begins with an investigation of the economics of the …
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Framing Crime and Social Problems: How Students Perceive the Legality of Digital Piracy
… concerning the modern phenomenon of digital piracy, as defined by Al-Rafee and Cronan (2006, p. 237) as “the illegal copying/downloading of copyrighted software and media files,” has stemmed from various fields, including business, ethics, marketing, and information systems. What is lacking …
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