Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering

Software piracy is a worldwide problem for the software industry. Malaysia too does not have the immunization for this disease. In trying to curb this problem it is best to understand the factors that influences individuals to pirate software or to purchase original software. As students will be...

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Main Author: Abdul Samad, Rosleen
Format: Project Paper Report
Language:English
English
Published: 2001
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8676/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8676/1/FSKTM_2001_20_A.pdf
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description Software piracy is a worldwide problem for the software industry. Malaysia too does not have the immunization for this disease. In trying to curb this problem it is best to understand the factors that influences individuals to pirate software or to purchase original software. As students will be the future leaders, this study main objective is to get the snapshot of the software piracy scenario of students. The target group for this study is on diploma students, majoring in Information Systems Engineering. The respondents are divided into two groups, the group that involve in software piracy activities and the group that does not indulge in software piracy activities. Findings of this study centers on the reasons for students to pirate software or to purchase original software. Comparisons on the reasons for purchasing original software between the two groups are presented too.
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spelling upm-86762012-06-26T08:43:52Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8676/ Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering Abdul Samad, Rosleen Software piracy is a worldwide problem for the software industry. Malaysia too does not have the immunization for this disease. In trying to curb this problem it is best to understand the factors that influences individuals to pirate software or to purchase original software. As students will be the future leaders, this study main objective is to get the snapshot of the software piracy scenario of students. The target group for this study is on diploma students, majoring in Information Systems Engineering. The respondents are divided into two groups, the group that involve in software piracy activities and the group that does not indulge in software piracy activities. Findings of this study centers on the reasons for students to pirate software or to purchase original software. Comparisons on the reasons for purchasing original software between the two groups are presented too. 2001 Project Paper Report NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8676/1/FSKTM_2001_20_A.pdf Abdul Samad, Rosleen (2001) Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering. [Project Paper Report] Software piracy - Malaysia. Engineering students - Malaysia. English
spellingShingle Software piracy - Malaysia.
Engineering students - Malaysia.
Abdul Samad, Rosleen
Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering
title Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering
title_full Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering
title_fullStr Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering
title_full_unstemmed Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering
title_short Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering
title_sort software piracy scenario among diploma students majoring in information systems engineering
topic Software piracy - Malaysia.
Engineering students - Malaysia.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8676/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8676/1/FSKTM_2001_20_A.pdf