Digital piracy of MP3s: Consumer and ethical predispositions

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-178

  Lysonski, Steven ^a   Durvasula, Srinivas ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Copyright law; Digital storage; Music

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049086349     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760810870662     Document Type: Article

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