| Description |
1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Criminal justice : recent scholarship
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Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The rise of copyright -- Copyright violations: threat or menace? -- Criminological theory and copyright -- Downloading data -- The characteristics of a downloader -- Predicting digital copying -- Downloaders, longitudinally : the desistance from music downloading -- Conclusion: the future of copyright. |
| Summary |
Whether you choose to call it file sharing, copyright infringement, or digital piracy, downloading non-licensed music, movies, software, and other forms of digital content is common worldwide. Despite the widespread nature of this phenomenon, much remains unknown about it. Is ""digital piracy"" truly having a negative impact on society? Does enforcement actually deter would-be downloaders? Gunter examines these issues, providing both an analysis of the historical aspects of copyright and of newly collected data on downloaders. Her findings lead into a critique of the pros and cons of the curre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Computer file sharing -- Law and legislation.
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Computer file sharing -- Law and legislation. |
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Computer file sharing -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Computer file sharing. |
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Social aspects. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gunter, Whitney D., 1984- File-sharers and copyright-infringers. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013 9781593327224 (DLC) 2013014113 (OCoLC)838418149 |
| ISBN |
9781593327316 (electronic book) |
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1593327315 (electronic book) |
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9781593327224 |
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1593327226 |
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