Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Non-pirated Software

Abstract

software piracy, willingness to pay, intellectual property rights, perceived risk,

The Demographic Factors Affecting University Students’ Intention to Pirate Software

“…The results of this study are consistent with the findings of Hsu and Shiue [34], Moores and Dhaliwal [35], Tan [11], Cheng, Sims and Teegen [36], and Miyazaki, Rodriguez and Langenderfer [37], which suggest that the price of software is a determinant in an individual's decision whether or not to pirate software. In order to succeed educationally, a student may need to work with various software packages.…”

“…The price of software is seen to be a major factor in determining a person's intention to pirate software [34,35]. The higher the price, particularly if the gap between the price of legal and illegal software is great, the more individuals are likely to pirate rather than purchase software [11,34,35,36,37] especially when income levels are low [8].…”

Predicting Accounting Students’ Intentions to Engage in Software and Music Piracy

“…An individual's family and friends may play an important role in piracy behaviors. Previous studies have found support for the influence of subjective norms on intentions to engage in software and music piracy (Higgins et al, 2005;Hsu and Shiue, 2008;Yang and Wang, 2014). Lau (2003) argues that there is a social acceptance of software piracy which promotes or influences lenient attitudes toward piracy behaviors.…”

“…Cheng et al (1997) highlight this to be a motivating factor in software piracy especially for students. In addition, the high cost of original software has been shown to influence software piracy (Cheng et al, 1997;Lau, 2003;Hsu and Shiue, 2008). Cheng et al (1997) find that individuals are more willing to use pirated products rather than buying the original products because they are "overpriced".…”

“…Cheng et al (1997) find that individuals are more willing to use pirated products rather than buying the original products because they are "overpriced". Hsu and Shiue (2008) reveal that the majority of the participants in their study engage in software piracy because of the high cost of software.…”