MANSCI
2010
13 years 11 months ago
2010
This paper analytically explores the effect of software bundling on software piracy. We focus on piracy at individual user level where several individuals illegitimately share a s...
IEPOL
2006
14 years 13 days ago
2006
This paper develops a simple model of software piracy to analyze the short-run effects of piracy on software usage and the long-run effects on development incentives. We consider ...
CCS
2001
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2001
ACM
Most people consider frequent software updates a nuisance. However, we show how this common phenomenon can be turned into a feature that protects against software piracy. We defin...
HICSS
2010
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
2010
IEEE
Despite tremendous debate and policy interest in software piracy, the accuracy of piracy statistics compiled by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has been accepted at face valu...