Title

College Students, Piracy, And Ethics: Is There A Teachable Moment?

Keywords

College Administrators; College Students; Ethics; Higher Education; IT; Monitoring Software; P2P; Piracy; Student Development

Abstract

This study explores the nature of piracy prevention tools used by IT departments in the Florida State University System to determine their relative effectiveness. The study also examines the opinions of the Information Security Officer in terms of alternative piracy prevention techniques that do not involve legal action and monitoring. It was found that most institutions do not use a formal piece of software that monitors for infringing data. Furthermore, institutions agreed that students lack proper ethics and concern over the matter of copyright, but were not fully convinced that other prevention methods would be effective. The authors conclude that monitoring techniques are a short-term solution and more research must put into finding long-term solutions. Copyright © 2011, IGI Global.

Publication Date

7-1-2011

Publication Title

International Journal of Technoethics

Volume

2

Issue

3

Number of Pages

23-38

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4018/jte.2011070102

Socpus ID

84864560036 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84864560036

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