Identifier
etd-01192004-014024
Degree
Master of Mass Communication (MMC)
Department
Mass Communication
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate deterrence factors for online file-sharing by analyzing different conditions that affect compliance with the law through survey of the students in a large university in Southern U.S. The findings show that certainty of punishment, stigma of the label, knowledge of the laws and consensus with the rule negatively correlated with both actual and likely future file-sharing activities of the users
Date
2004
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Nergadze, Nico, "Deterrence factors for copyright infringement online" (2004). LSU Master's Theses. 2033.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/2033
Committee Chair
Xigen Li
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.2033