International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 179 - Number 47 |
Year of Publication: 2018 |
Authors: Lemuel Magno Ventayen, Randy Joy Magno Ventayen |
10.5120/ijca2018917278 |
Lemuel Magno Ventayen, Randy Joy Magno Ventayen . Ethical and Legal Perspective of Software Piracy and Business Effects on the Illegal Use of Peer-to-Peer Systems Architecture. International Journal of Computer Applications. 179, 47 ( Jun 2018), 30-34. DOI=10.5120/ijca2018917278
This is descriptive survey research aims to investigate the ethical and legal perspective of software piracy and use of P2P Systems architecture. It sought to answer the profile of the respondents regarding the program, age and year level of the respondents, the attitudes of the respondents regarding software piracy and the attitudes of the respondents regarding the use of Peer to Peer Systems Architecture. The respondents are also asked about the reason for using the P2P and pirate software. The result of the respondent’s shows that majority of the respondents agree that software piracy is acceptable. While most of the respondents agree that piracy is accepted, most of the respondents sometimes practice piracy because of the high cost of content and respondents does not want to pay for it. Based on the result, it is recommended that content providers should increase the security of content to avoid loss of profit..