The politics of contraband - The honor economies of the warez scene

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 359-374

  Rehn, Alf ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gift economy; Gifts; Potlatch; Software piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842661682     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2003.12.027     Document Type: Article

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