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The Antecedents of Music Piracy Attitudes and Intentions

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Piracy is the greatest threat facing the music industry worldwide today. This study developed and empirically tested a model examining the antecedents of consumer attitude and behavioral intention toward music piracy behavior. Two types of music piracy behavior, unauthorized duplication/download and pirated music product purchasing, were examined. Based on a field survey in Taiwan, the results showed that attributive satisfaction, perceived prosecution risk, magnitude of consequence, and social consensus are very important in influencing customers’ attitude and behavioral intention toward two types of music piracy behavior. In addition, singer/band idolization can affect the attitude and behavioral intention in the case of pirated music product purchasing. Perceived proximity was found to affect the attitude and behavioral intention in the case of pirated music product purchasing. However, it only influenced behavioral intention in the case of unauthorized duplication/download.

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  1. Department of International Trade, College of Commerce,, National Chengchi University, Mucha, Taipei,, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Jyh-Shen Chiou

  2. National Taipei College of Nursing, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Chien-yi Huang

  3. National Chengchi University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Hsin-hui Lee

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Jyh-Shen Chiou (Ph.D. in Marketing, Michigan State), is professor of Marketing, Department of International Trade, College of Commerce, National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His research focuses on consumer behavior and strategic marketing. His work has been published in Information & Management, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Journal of Service Research, International Journal of Advertising, European Journal of Marketing, Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Social Psychology, Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, etc.

Chien-yi Huang, Associate Professor, Department of Infant and Child Care, National Taipei College of Nursing.

Sin-hui Lee, Graduate student, Department of International Trade, National Chengchi University.

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Chiou, JS., Huang, Cy. & Lee, Hh. The Antecedents of Music Piracy Attitudes and Intentions. J Bus Ethics 57, 161–174 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-004-5263-6

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