Global software piracy revisited

Authors

Seung Kyoon Shin, University of Rhode Island
Ram D. Gopal, University of Connecticut
G. Lawrence Sanders, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Andrew B. Whinston, The University of Texas at Austin

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-2004

Abstract

Problems related to global software piracy are discussed. For the US, which generally considered the world leader in the software industry, the problem of piracy diminishes revenues and lessens the investment in R &D, threatening the long-term viability of software industry. Scholars have proposed several typologies for classifying cultural dimensions, and Individualism-Collectivism, as one dipolar dimension, is one of the most important cultural dimensions emerging in many cross-cultural studies. Providing differentiated benefits between legitimate and pirated software has also been discussed as an effective strategy.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Communications of the ACM

Volume

47

Issue

1

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Shin, Seung Kyoon, Ram D. Gopal, G. Lawrence Sanders, and Andrew B. Whinston. "Global software piracy revisited." Communications of the ACM 47, 1 (2004): 103-107. doi: 10.1145/962081.962088.