Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Nergadze, Nico
Author's Email Address	nnerga1@lsu.edu
URN	etd-01192004-014024
Title	Deterrence Factors for Copyright Infringement Online
Degree	Master of Mass Communication (M.M.C.)
Department	Mass Communication
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Xigen Li Committee Chair Ralph Izard Committee Member Renita Coleman Committee Member
Keywords	cyberpiracy deterrence model
Date of Defense	2004-05-21
Availability	unrestricted
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
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