The global 'epidemic' of movie 'piracy': Crime-wave or social construction?

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Yar, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copyright; Crime statistics; Globalization; Intellectual property; Internet crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444520749     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443705055723     Document Type: Review

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