“…Sang et al (2015) found that engagement in music piracy is predicted by utilitarian motives relating to cost and availability. Other studies considering music piracy, and digital music more broadly, identify gratifications including convenience (Argan et al, 2013;Schwarz & Larsson, 2013;Wang & McClung, 2011) and collection utility (Sheehan et al, 2012), as well as the ability to sample new content ahead of release (Cox & Collins, 2014). Sheehan, Tsao and Yang (2010) also found that social utility (ability to increase social connections and peer interaction) was the most important reason for engaging in music piracy, followed by collection utility and economic utility; that is, financial motives were not as important as the ability to share songs with friends, seeing what they have in their collection, and the sheer volume of music available via illegal services, corroborated by Schwarz and Larsson (2013).…”