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.

The pilot study used in this thesis examined the attitudes and perceptions of a small group of students at the University of North Texas. The participants in this 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 determine why individuals choose to engage in the file sharing of copyrighted music online.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Latson, Christopher Craig

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sauls, Samuel J.
• Loomis, Kenneth
• Leatherbury, Maurice
• Albarran, Alan B.

• Sound recordings -- Pirated editions.
• Piracy (Copyright)
• Copyright -- Sound recordings.
• College students -- Attitudes.
• online music piracy
• illegal file-sharing
• peer-to-peer networking
• moral reasoning
• moral judgment
• perceptions
• RIAA
• focus groups
• study

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Latson, Christopher Craig
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 56636106
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4595/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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