Perceived Effectiveness of Potential Music Piracy Warnings

Because music piracy from the internet imposes fines upon individuals, it is important to construct and test warnings in an effort to curb potentially illegal behavior. Each icon contained an eighth note to denote music, action symbol ( upload or download), a prohibition symbol ( slash or cross), and/or a computer for context. Four icons that initially met the ISO 67% comprehension rate were combined with various signal word and consequence messages, yielding 60 test stimuli. Results revealed that participants generally viewed the icon with a computer for context and download symbol with a prohibitive slash as opposed with a cross (“X”) symbol as more effective, than icons with an upload symbol. Signal words conveying the presence of a risk (i.e., IMPORTANT and STOP) received higher perceived effectiveness ratings than NOTICE. Increasing the number of consequences in the warning led to greater perceived warning effectiveness ratings. Hence, a possible warning for music piracy is suggested, with its implications discussed.

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The Double Punch of Law and Technology: Fighting Music Piracy or Remaking Copyright in a Digital Age?

Business and Politics ◽

10.2202/1469-3569.1089 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 1-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

David Bach

Keyword(s):

Digital Age ◽

Digital Content ◽

The Internet ◽

Music Piracy ◽

Recording Industry ◽

Information Economy ◽

Defense Strategy ◽

Consumer Rights ◽

Law And Technology ◽

Basic Consumer

The battle between the recording industry and those illegal sharing music over the Internet has gripped headlines over the last few years like few others related to the digital age. At its core, it is a battle about the meaning of property and thus a battle over the heart of the emerging information economy. This article critically examines the double punch of law and technology – the simultaneous and interwoven deployment of legal and electronic measures to protect digital content – and asks whether it is merely a defense strategy against piracy, as the industry asserts, or rather an attempt to fundamentally redefine the producer-consumer relationship. Based on some initial evidence for the latter proposition, the article analyzes reasons for concern, outlines the current politics of copyright policymaking that have given producers the upper hand, and sketches elements of a strategy to fight music piracy that does not infringe on basic consumer rights.

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Teaching Statistics with the Internet

Teaching of Psychology ◽

10.1207/s15328023top2404_14 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 275-278 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Connie K. Varnhagen ◽

Sean M. Drake ◽

Gary Finley

Keyword(s):

Honors Students ◽

The Internet ◽

Perceived Effectiveness ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Statistics Course ◽

Teaching Statistics ◽

Information Components

The Internet is a popular tool for accessing information and enhancing communication. We used components of the Internet to administer the laboratory portion of an intermediate statistics course offered to psychology honors students. Using an online questionnaire, we evaluated students' perceived effectiveness of using the Internet to offer the course. Students found the communication components of the Internet laboratory more useful than the information components, perceived few barriers to their learning, and rated the value of the system positively.

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Preferential Purchase of E-commerce Model in China

Economics and Management Science ◽

10.36012/ems.v1i1.956 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Ming Du

Keyword(s):

Sharp Increase ◽

Low Cost ◽

Poor Quality ◽

The Internet ◽

Customer Acquisition ◽

Illegal Behavior ◽

The Poor ◽

Acquisition Costs ◽

Quality Of Products

The popularization of the Internet has promoted the leap-forward development of e-commerce. In recent years, the increasing number of e-commerce platforms and merchants has led to a sharp increase in customer acquisition costs. Low-cost access to customers has become the main goal pursued by e-commerce merchants. The e-commerce Preferential Purchase model relies on the mainstream e-commerce platform to serve as a shopping guide for merchants of various e-commerce platforms. It provides multi-channel promotion and promotion of e-commerce products to increase customer traffic by saving money, rebates and making money. However, the credibility of the Preferential Purchase platform, the poor quality of products brought by low prices, the preferential procedures and the illegal behavior of the hierarchical agents have also become the bottleneck for the development of the Preferential Purchase model.

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British Music Industry: A Case Study In Music Piracy

Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) ◽

10.19030/jber.v7i8.2328 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 7 (8) ◽

Author(s):

Kamlesh T. Mehta

Keyword(s):

Service Providers ◽

Music Industry ◽

The Internet ◽

Music Piracy ◽

Internet Service ◽

Criminal Offense ◽

British Music ◽

The Government ◽

Total Sales

The case study is about loss of business due to piracy and file-sharing in the music industry in Britain.  According to a survey by Ipsos Inc. (2006), CD piracy cost the industry £165m in lost revenue in 2005 - nearly 10% of total sales.  The survey found that 37 million pirated CDs were sold in Britain in 2005.  The piracy of music in Britain has pinned the British Music Industry (BMI) and the music artists against the internet service providers, the government and the consumers.  The BMI is blaming the Internet Service Provider (ISP) firms for not policing illegal downloads of music and asked them to disconnect people who ignore requests to stop sharing music.  The ISP firms do not see their role as policing the piracy problem and do not agree with BMI.  The BMI is pressuring the government to legislate copyright offenses related to music downloads in Britain.  Also, the BMI wants the consumers engaged in copyright offense of music piracy to be prosecuted for criminal offense in addition to civil offenses.  The consumers disagree with the BMI.  The case study discusses the current actions of the BMI, ISPs and the British Government.

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The Efficient Use Of Technology In The Business Curriculum: A Survey Of AACSB Member Deans

Journal of College Teaching & Learning (TLC) ◽

10.19030/tlc.v1i1.1907 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

John G. Kooti

Keyword(s):

Communication Skills ◽

Technology Use ◽

Course Delivery ◽

The Internet ◽

Securities Markets ◽

Business Curriculum ◽

Perceived Effectiveness ◽

Traditional Course ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Use Of The Internet

This paper examines the use of technology in the business curriculum and classroom. A survey of AACSB member deans and information technology directors was conducted to ascertain amount of technology use (e.g., use of computers and data analysis packages, securities markets and trading room analyses) and to examine the perceived effectiveness in overall improvement in student learning and communication skills. This paper also examines the extent of use of the Internet to complement traditional course delivery.

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Displacement and Reinforcement Effects of the Internet and Other Media as Sources of Advertising Information

Journal of Advertising Research ◽

10.1017/s0021849904040073 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 126-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

JAMES C. TSAO ◽

STANLEY D. SIBLEY

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Advertising Information

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A hitchhiker’s guide to microscopy and microanalysis using telecommunications, e-mail, and the Internet

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100169687 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 390-391 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nestor J. Zaluzec

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Information Superhighway ◽

The World ◽

Exchange Information ◽

On Line ◽

Computer Based ◽

Software And Hardware ◽

Communication Software ◽

Basic Ideas ◽

E Mail

The Information SuperHighway, Email, The Internet, FTP, BBS, Modems, : all buzz words which are becoming more and more routine in our daily life. Confusing terminology? Hopefully it won't be in a few minutes, all you need is to have a handle on a few basic concepts and terms and you will be on-line with the rest of the "telecommunication experts". These terms all refer to some type or aspect of tools associated with a range of computer-based communication software and hardware. They are in fact far less complex than the instruments we use on a day to day basis as microscopist's and microanalyst's. The key is for each of us to know what each is and how to make use of the wealth of information which they can make available to us for the asking. Basically all of these items relate to mechanisms and protocols by which we as scientists can easily exchange information rapidly and efficiently to colleagues in the office down the hall, or half-way around the world using computers and various communications media. The purpose of this tutorial/paper is to outline and demonstrate the basic ideas of some of the major information systems available to all of us today. For the sake of simplicity we will break this presentation down into two distinct (but as we shall see later connected) areas: telecommunications over conventional phone lines, and telecommunications by computer networks. Live tutorial/demonstrations of both procedures will be presented in the Computer Workshop/Software Exchange during the course of the meeting.

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