Pirated Software: The Relationship between Factors

Abstract

The advancement of Information Technology (IT) gadgets will indirectly encourage or influence users out there to use pirated software for any reason. Users may claim why they commit software piracy for varied reasons. Thus, this study aims to investigate the relationship of software piracy among information professionals in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The dependent variable is the Degree of Hardcore Pirate (DHP) while the independent variables include the Impression Management (IM), Personal Attributes (PA), Pirating Behavior (PB), Reciprocal Fairness (RF), Procedural Fairness (PF), Perceptions (P), Subjective Norms (SN), Intention (I) and Ethical Standards (ES). The finding of this study reveals that only two (2) out of nine (9) factors are significantly related to software piracy among information professionals in Klang Valley, Malaysia.