Pirate or Buy? The Moderating Effect of Idolatry

Wang, Chia chen; Chen, Chin ta; Yang, Shu; Farn, Cheng-Kiang

doi:10.1007/s10551-009-0027-y

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“…Similarly, Chiou, Huang, and Lee (2005 reported that worldwide sales of recorded music fell by 7% in value and 8% in units in 2002 compared with 2001. Wang, Chen, Yang, and Farn (2009) reported that music CD sales in Taiwan during 2004 were one-third of the level in 1997. On 15 February 2012 RnBXclusive, a popular music website was shut over allegations that it offered illegal downloads that cost musicians £15million a year.…”

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confidence: 99%

Religiosity and Music Copyright Theft Among Canadian Baptist Youth

Fawcett

Francis

Henderson

et al. 2013

Journal of Research on Christian Education

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This study examines the views of 706 Canadian Baptist youth (between the ages of 14 and 18 years) on the moral issue of music copyright theft, and explores the influence on these views of age, sex, Sunday church attendance, personal prayer, personal Bible reading, and conservative Bible believing. The participants were attending Springforth 2005 (a major Canadian Baptist youth conference). The data demonstrate a high level of acceptance of music copyright theft, with only 26% of the participants agreeing that downloading copyright music from the internet without paying is always wrong. Employing multiple regression modelling, the data demonstrated that, as Canadian Baptist youth mature (grew older), as they became more familiar with Bible teaching (through frequent reading of the scriptures), and as they became more integrated within the community of faith (through frequent Sunday church attendance), so they take a tougher line against music copyright theft.

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Religiosity and Music Copyright Theft Among Canadian Baptist Youth

Fawcett

Francis

Henderson

et al. 2013

Journal of Research on Christian Education

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“…The predictive power of attitudes has been shown to be significant in predicting a variety of normative behaviors (e.g., Anker, Feeley, & Kim, 2010;Chen & Chiu, 2009;De Groot & Steg, 2007;Hurd, Zimmerman, & Reischl, 2011), including theft intentions and behaviors (e.g., Tonglet, 2002;Cronan & Al-Rafee, 2008;Henle et al, 2010;Wang et al, 2009). However, attitudes may not always result in subsequent behavior.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Attitudes are an important predictor of moral intentions and behaviors, including a variety of prosocial and antisocial behaviors (e.g., Anker, Feeley, & Kim, 2010;Chen & Chiu, 2009;De Groot & Steg, 2007;Hurd, Zimmerman, & Reischl, 2011). Different scholars have shown that attitudes towards theft play an important role in predicting intentions and subsequently theft behaviors (e.g., Tonglet, 2002;Cronan & Al-Rafee, 2008;Wang, Chen, Yang, & Farn, 2009;Henle, Reeve, & Pitts, 2010). Therefore, examining the factors influencing attitudes towards theft can provide useful ways to decrease the occurrence of theft.…”

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confidence: 99%

Thou Shalt Not Steal: Effects of Normative Cues on Attitudes towards Theft

Groot¹,

Abrahamse

Vincent³

2013

PSYCH

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In this study, we examine how normative cues influence attitudes towards theft. In a 3 × 2 × 2 within-subjects design (N = 120), we found that people had more negative attitudes towards theft when: 1) a higher value item was stolen than when a lower value item was stolen; 2) the theft took place in a public setting than when it took place in a private setting; and 3) the theft took place in a tidy rather than messy setting. Furthermore, our findings showed interaction effects between the value of a stolen item and 1) the cleanliness of the environment; and 2) the privateness of a setting, on attitudes towards theft. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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“…Others have relied on the theory of reasoned action and planned behavior and showed that all three core components of the modelattitudes, perceived behavioral control, and social norms -are relevant and provide a basis to explore a wide range of specific motivating factors related to digital piracy 10,32,46,47,48,49,50 . For example, research has demonstrated that Machiavellianism 47 , antipathy towards music industry 32,51 , high costs and low benefits 46 , self-efficacy 50 , anticipated guilt 52 , and idolatry 53 influence attitudes towards digital piracy.…”

Section: Psychological and Social Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

An Exploration of Essential Factors That Influence Music Streaming Adoption and the Intention to Engage in Digital Piracy

Hampton-Sosa

2017

ijecs

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Preventing unauthorized downloading and other forms of digital piracy has been a persistent challenge for many who own the rights to digital content. Attempts to counter digital piracy with strategies based on deterrence, ethical arguments, psychosocial considerations, or technical measures have been effective, but only to a limited extent. The increasing popularity of music streaming systems, however, offers additional opportunities to experiment with novel business models and value propositions that may discourage digital piracy. The results of this quasi experiment involving 139 subjects indicated that for music streaming systems, perceived system and information quality, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and perceived enjoyment contributed to purchasing intention. These factors also influenced unauthorized downloading intention; however, an expected negative relationship between perceived enjoyment of the music streaming system and unauthorized downloading intention, a form of digital piracy, was not supported.

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Pirate or Buy? The Moderating Effect of Idolatry

Abstract: idolatry, music piracy, social identity theory, theory of planned behavior,

Cited by 50 publications

References 51 publications

Religiosity and Music Copyright Theft Among Canadian Baptist Youth

Religiosity and Music Copyright Theft Among Canadian Baptist Youth

Thou Shalt Not Steal: Effects of Normative Cues on Attitudes towards Theft

An Exploration of Essential Factors That Influence Music Streaming Adoption and the Intention to Engage in Digital Piracy

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