IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jftint/v13y2021i1p11-d474542.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Evaluation of Digital Piracy by Youths

Author

Listed:
  • Łukasz Tomczyk

    (Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, 30-084 Kraków, Poland)

Abstract

This paper sets out to explain how adolescents interpret piracy. Digital piracy is one of the most important risk behaviours mediated by new media to be found among adolescents. It is global, and changes dynamically due to the continued development of the information society. To explore the phenomena related to piracy among adolescent Internet users we need to apply qualitative research methods. The sample contained 1320 Polish respondents. The research used the technique of qualitative research. Data was collected using a form containing an open question. Adolescents will answer in the form how they interpret digital piracy. The categories characterize how piracy is perceived, and includes downloading various files—whether video or music files or even software (also games)—from unauthorized sources (P2P—Peer-to-peer ‘warez’ servers—websites which serve as repositories of illegal files). The qualitative data analysis allowed the identification of the following constructs in the perception of digital piracy by adolescents: ethical (giving value to the phenomenon), economical (showing profits and losses), legal (connected with punitive consequences and criminal liability), praxeological (facilitating daily life), technical (referring to the hardware necessary), social (the scale of the phenomenon and interpersonal relations), and personal benefits. The results fit into the discussion on the standard and hidden factors connected with piracy. The presented seven categories of the perception of piracy help us better understand the phenomenon of the infringement of intellectual property law and will help to develop appropriate preventive measures. Qualitative research makes it possible to understand the phenomenon of piracy from a deeper perspective, which can be translated into the design of effective educational measures. Preventive guidance on minimising risky behaviour is part of the development of one of the key competences, namely digital knowledge and skills. The research allowed us to enrich the theoretical knowledge on risky behaviours in cyberspace among adolescents (theoretical aim), to understand how to interpret risky behaviours in cyberspace (understanding of micro-worlds—cognitive aim), and to gather new knowledge that will be useful for prevention (practical aim).

Suggested Citation

  • Łukasz Tomczyk, 2021. "Evaluation of Digital Piracy by Youths," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-26, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:13:y:2021:i:1:p:11-:d:474542
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/1/11/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/1/11/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Michael D. Smith & Rahul Telang & Yi Zhang, 2019. "I Want You Back: The Interplay Between Legal Availability and Movie Piracy," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 199-216, January.
    2. Wąsiński, Arkadiusz & Tomczyk, Łukasz, 2015. "Factors reducing the risk of internet addiction in young people in their home environment," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 68-74.
    3. Namkee Park & Hyun Sook Oh & Naewon Kang, 2016. "Idiocentrism Versus Allocentrism and Ethical Evaluations on Illegal Downloading Intention Between the United States and South Korea," Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(4), pages 250-266, October.
    4. Saini Das & Arunabha Mukhopadhyay & Kallol K. Bagchi, 2014. "National-Level Determinants of Global Music Piracy and Online Music Sales: An Exploratory Study," Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(1), pages 6-25, January.
    5. Balestrino, Alessandro, 2008. "It is a theft but not a crime," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 455-469, June.
    6. Anna Kukla-Gryz & Joanna Tyrowicz & Michał Krawczyk & Konrad Siwiński, 2015. "We all do it, but are we willing to admit? Incentivizing digital pirates' confessions," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(3), pages 184-188, February.
    7. Cheolho Yoon, 2011. "Theory of Planned Behavior and Ethics Theory in Digital Piracy: An Integrated Model," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 100(3), pages 405-417, May.
    8. Sulaiman Al-Rafee & Ali E. Dashti, 2012. "A Cross Cultural Comparison of the Extended TPB: The Case of Digital Piracy," Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(1), pages 5-24, January.
    9. Monika Frania, 2014. "Selected aspects of media literacy and new technologies in education as a challenge of Polish reality," Perspectives of Innovation in Economics and Business (PIEB), Prague Development Center, vol. 14(2), pages 109-112, May.
    10. Martin Fredriksson Almqvist, 2016. "Piracy and the Politics of Social Media," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 5(3), pages 1-12, August.
    11. Krawczyk, Michał & Tyrowicz, Joanna & Kukla-Gryz, Anna & Hardy, Wojciech, 2015. "“Piracy is not theft!” Is it just students who think so?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 32-39.
    12. Nir Kshetri, 2015. "Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Issues in the BRICS Economies," Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(4), pages 245-249, October.
    13. Morris, Robert G. & Higgins, George E., 2010. "Criminological theory in the digital age: The case of social learning theory and digital piracy," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 38(4), pages 470-480, July.
    14. Nicolas Dias Gomes & Pedro André Cerqueira & Luís Alçada Almeida, 2013. "Determinants of Worldwide Software Piracy Losses," GEMF Working Papers 2013-19, GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra.
    15. Liza Rybina, 2011. "Music Piracy in Transitional Post-Soviet Economies: Ethics, Legislation, and Expertise," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 1(1), pages 3-17, June.
    16. Tomczyk, Łukasz, 2019. "The Practice of Downloading copyrighted files among adolescents in Poland: Correlations between piracy and other risky and protective behaviours online and offline," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
    17. Ian Phau & James Ng, 2010. "Predictors of Usage Intentions of Pirated Software," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 94(1), pages 23-37, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Fatih Bayraktar & Łukasz Tomczyk, 2021. "Digital Piracy among Young Adults: The Role of Values and Time Perspectives," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-11, August.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Koay, Kian Yeik & Tjiptono, Fandy & Sandhu, Manjit Singh, 2020. "Digital piracy among consumers in a developing economy: A comparison of multiple theory-based models," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 55(C).
    2. Malgorzata Ciesielska & Dariusz Jemielniak, 2022. "Fairness in digital sharing legal professional attitudes toward digital piracy and digital commons," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 73(7), pages 899-912, July.
    3. Mahmut Sonmez & Deli Yang & Gerald Fryxell, 2013. "Interactive Role of Consumer Discrimination and Branding against Counterfeiting: A Study of Multinational Managers’ Perception of Global Brands in China," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 115(1), pages 195-211, June.
    4. Ciprian-Marcel Pop & Andreea–Ioana Romonti-Maniu & Monica-Maria Zaharie, 2017. "Opportunistic Consumer Behaviour in the Context of Digital Piracy," MIC 2017: Managing the Global Economy; Proceedings of the Joint International Conference, Monastier di Treviso, Italy, 24–27 May 2017,, University of Primorska Press.
    5. Wojciech Hardy, 2020. "Consumer switching costs in a market with legal and pirate providers," IBS Working Papers 08/2020, Instytut Badan Strukturalnych.
    6. Mateja Kos Koklic & Monika Kukar-Kinney & Irena Vida, 2016. "Three-Level Mechanism of Consumer Digital Piracy: Development and Cross-Cultural Validation," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 134(1), pages 15-27, March.
    7. Tomczyk, Łukasz, 2017. "Cyberbullying in 2010 and 2015 — A perspective on the changes in the phenomenon among adolescents in Poland in the context of preventive action," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 50-60.
    8. Lee, Byung & Paek, Seung Yeop & Fenoff, Roy, 2018. "Factors associated with digital piracy among early adolescents," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 287-295.
    9. Karla Borja & Suzanne Dieringer, 2022. "Is music piracy over? Comparing music piracy attitudes and behaviors between young generations," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(2), pages 899-924, June.
    10. Shijie Lu & Xin (Shane) Wang & Neil Bendle, 2020. "Does Piracy Create Online Word of Mouth? An Empirical Analysis in the Movie Industry," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 66(5), pages 2140-2162, May.
    11. Appleyard, Mathew, 2015. "Corporate responses to online music piracy: Strategic lessons for the challenge of additive manufacturing," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 58(1), pages 69-76.
    12. Fatih Bayraktar & Łukasz Tomczyk, 2021. "Digital Piracy among Young Adults: The Role of Values and Time Perspectives," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-11, August.
    13. Douhou, Salima & Magnus, Jan R. & van Soest, Arthur, 2011. "The perception of small crime," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 27(4), pages 749-763.
    14. Simplice A. Asongu & Antonio R. Andrés, 2017. "The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development: evidence from Africa," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(5), pages 585-607, September.
    15. Zhaohua Wang & Xiaoyang Dong, 2016. "Determinants and policy implications of residents’ new energy vehicle purchases: the evidence from China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 82(1), pages 155-173, May.
    16. Steven James Watson & Daniel John Zizzo & Piers Fleming, 2015. "Determinants of Unlawful File Sharing: A Scoping Review," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(6), pages 1-23, June.
    17. Dan Wu & Guofang Nan & Minqiang Li, 2020. "Optimal Piracy Control: Should a Firm Implement Digital Rights Management?," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 22(4), pages 947-960, August.
    18. Noemí Pulido Pavón & Luis Palma Martos, 2014. "Effectiveness of Intellectual Property Regimes: 2006-2011," GEMF Working Papers 2014-12, GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra.
    19. Byung H. Lee, 2018. "Explaining Cyber Deviance among School-Aged Youth," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 11(2), pages 563-584, April.
    20. Pukkapop Kongkajaroen, 2014. "The Influence of Green Condominium Purchase Attitude toward Intention to Purchase: Generation Y Consumers," ERES eres2014_123, European Real Estate Society (ERES).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:13:y:2021:i:1:p:11-:d:474542. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.