Software piracy and its legal implications

Information and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 265-272

  Koen Jr , Clifford M ^a   Im, Jin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil liability; Copyright act; Criminal liability; End user computing; Microcomputers; Software piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039686012     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(96)01090-7     Document Type: Article

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