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Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering


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Abdul Samad, Rosleen (2001) Software Piracy Scenario Among Diploma Students Majoring in Information Systems Engineering. [Project Paper Report]

Abstract

Software piracy is a worldwide problem for the software industry. Malaysia too does not have the immunization for this disease. In trying to curb this problem it is best to understand the factors that influences individuals to pirate software or to purchase original software. As students will be the future leaders, this study main objective is to get the snapshot of the software piracy scenario of students. The target group for this study is on diploma students, majoring in Information Systems Engineering. The respondents are divided into two groups, the group that involve in software piracy activities and the group that does not indulge in software piracy activities. Findings of this study centers on the reasons for students to pirate software or to purchase original software. Comparisons on the reasons for purchasing original software between the two groups are presented too.


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Item Type: Project Paper Report
Subject: Software piracy - Malaysia.
Subject: Engineering students - Malaysia.
Call Number: FSKTM 2001 20
Chairman Supervisor: Associate Professor Hj. Mohd Hasan Selamat
Divisions: Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Depositing User: Nurul Hayatie Hashim
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2010 03:07
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2012 08:43
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8676
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