DOWNLOADING THE DOWNLOADERS. THE MORAL AND THE SOCIAL ISSUES OF INTERNET PIRACY ACCORDING TO GREEK UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
DOWNLOADING THE DOWNLOADERS. THE MORAL AND THE SOCIAL ISSUES OF INTERNET PIRACY ACCORDING TO GREEK UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: Many aspects of the use and content of the Web have been empirically investigated. However, the issue of downloading music and other types of files from the Internet has not been yet widely researched, and moreover with a sample of Greek students. The basic purpose of this study is to search whether Greek students download files from the Internet, what kind of files they prefer to download, why they started to download pirated software, if they know that it is an illegal action and whether they care accepting some ethical implications of the problem and as well as and how they consider that there is a social impact. In general, the purpose of the study is to study the pirate download as implemented by Greek students in practical, moral and social level, The study’s sample was consisted of 200 undergraduate and postgraduate students from all Universities and Technological Greek Institutions.

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