Punish, seduce or persuade

Many kinds of interventions have been designed and implemented tocombat digital copyright infringement, a type of cyber-deviance that isalso known as 'digital p... » 

Many kinds of interventions have been designed and implemented tocombat digital copyright infringement, a type of cyber-deviance that isalso known as 'digital piracy'. However, it is not clear whether suchmeasures are indeed effective in reducing this type of deviance. Thisresearch sets out out to examine the functioning of these interventionsfrom an empirical perspective. The persistence of digital copyrightinfringement presents challenges to governments, the creativeindustries and other stakeholders that attempt to curtail digital piracy.The author combines both traditional and innovative research methodsin order to establish whether and to what extent these interventions areable to reduce digital piracy. This book is of interest to organisations and individuals that in charge of developing copyright laws and policy or the enforcement thereof. The focus on the evaluation of digital policy also makes the book relevant to evaluators, criminologists and those interested in digital behaviour and digital policy. «