Abstract:
The modem era is the revolutionary technological era that changes the world and
probable continue exponentially in likely future, with these rapid developments and
social changes in the society it also erupt the dark side; Crimes are also altering from
traditional form to a new kind and this emergence also makes the criminal behavior
far-reaching as now it is not restricted by geographical limitations.
This study offers insights of one of the non-deceptive e-crime i.e. Software piracy by
focusing on consumer of Pakistan. Soft Piracy is widely spread all over the world.
This study explores the dominating factors of consumer attitude towards software
piracy, by empirical studies software piracy is an intentional behavior of a consumer
where as this study tries to find out the factors; ethical, socio-economical,
demographical and behavioral factors that can be un-intentional.the study will
highlighted the key factors and recommended that proper implementation of cyber
laws could protect the expansion of counterfeit marketing.
