Why were millions of people not obeying the law? Motivational influences on non-compliance with the law in the case of music piracy

Twila Wingrove; Angela L. Korpas; Victoria Weisz

doi:10.1080/10683160903179526

Why were millions of people not obeying the law? Motivational influences on non-compliance with the law in the case of music piracy

Twila Wingrove
, Angela L. Korpas
, Victoria Weisz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Original language	American English
Journal	Psychology Crime & Law
Volume	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10683160903179526
State	Published - Mar 1 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Law
Psychology

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