Social influence on software piracy

In this paper, we extend the basic principles of Michel's model to a dynamical setting that allows us to study the effect of social influence on software piracy. We consider that social dynamics affect the decision-making process in two different ways: producing a positive network externality o...

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Autores: Fernández Márquez, Carlos Manuel, Vázquez Hernández, Francisco José, Watt, Richard
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Palavra-chave:Software piracy
Economía
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spelling Social influence on software piracyFernández Márquez, Carlos ManuelVázquez Hernández, Francisco JoséWatt, RichardSoftware piracyEconomíaIn this paper, we extend the basic principles of Michel's model to a dynamical setting that allows us to study the effect of social influence on software piracy. We consider that social dynamics affect the decision-making process in two different ways: producing a positive network externality on individual consumers' preferences for the product but at the same time providing the knowledge and ability to pirate. We obtain that, on one hand, permeability of society accepting piracy culture has no significant effects on sales. On the other, scenarios with a positive ‘optimal’ value of piracy exist when there is a slight quality differential between originals and pirate copies. This can explain some interesting cases present in the real-world software industry.Departamento de Análisis Económico: Economía Cuantitativa20202020-09-14research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/720809https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mde.3167reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7208092026-06-23T12:46:27Z
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title Social influence on software piracy
spellingShingle Social influence on software piracy
Fernández Márquez, Carlos Manuel
Software piracy
Economía
title_short Social influence on software piracy
title_full Social influence on software piracy
title_fullStr Social influence on software piracy
title_full_unstemmed Social influence on software piracy
title_sort Social influence on software piracy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández Márquez, Carlos Manuel
Vázquez Hernández, Francisco José
Watt, Richard
author Fernández Márquez, Carlos Manuel
author_facet Fernández Márquez, Carlos Manuel
Vázquez Hernández, Francisco José
Watt, Richard
author_role author
author2 Vázquez Hernández, Francisco José
Watt, Richard
author2_role author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Análisis Económico: Economía Cuantitativa
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Software piracy
Economía
topic Software piracy
Economía
description In this paper, we extend the basic principles of Michel's model to a dynamical setting that allows us to study the effect of social influence on software piracy. We consider that social dynamics affect the decision-making process in two different ways: producing a positive network externality on individual consumers' preferences for the product but at the same time providing the knowledge and ability to pirate. We obtain that, on one hand, permeability of society accepting piracy culture has no significant effects on sales. On the other, scenarios with a positive ‘optimal’ value of piracy exist when there is a slight quality differential between originals and pirate copies. This can explain some interesting cases present in the real-world software industry.
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