Music piracy and crime theory / Sameer Hinduja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinduja, Sameer, 1978-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer crimes.

Piracy (Copyright).

Sound recordings--Pirated editions.

Sound recordings.

Intellectual property.

MP3 (Audio coding standard)--Social aspects.

MP3 (Audio coding standard).

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Criminology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hinduja examines the social, psychological, criminological, and behavioral aspects of Internet crime. Guided by the most prominent general theories of criminal behavior, he explores music piracy - an all too-common form of cybercrime - by attempting to answer a number of questions. Does stress and strain play a role? What about low self-control? Is music piracy learned within intimate social groups? Do rationalizations and justifications contribute to participation? Is the behavior strengthened or weakened through rewards and punishments? Hinduja then proposes a model which integrates both "social" and "technical" factors to inform and guide strategies to combat music piracy, and potentially other variants of high-tech crime.

Contents:

Introduction

Digital audio, intellectual property, and law

General strain, self-control, and social learning theories

Instrument, sampling, and variables under study

Analysis

Explaining the relevance of the crime theories

Implications of the research.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-178) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-277-1

OCLC:

228145189