Internet software piracy in China: A user analysis of resistance to global software copyright enforcement

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 298-317

  Lu, Jia ^a   Weber, Ian ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Globalization; Internet; Resistance; Software Piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966871442     PISSN: 17513057     EISSN: 17513065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513050903177300     Document Type: Article

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