Proceedings of the 4th Scientific Conference for PhD. students and young researchers , Dec 6, 2013
Czech theatrical market faces the problem of increasing digital piracy, and the availability of i... more Czech theatrical market faces the problem of increasing digital piracy, and the availability of illegitimate digital distribution channels represents a challenge for managers in the film industry, especially when original movies are uploaded to the Internet before or during their theatrical release. Thus, the crucial managerial challenge is to solve the problems of losses caused by piracy, and to find a balance between the investment into antipiracy and maximal benefits it brings. To maximize the utility of stakeholders, it is required to support the management decision-making. This paper deals with proposed computational knowledge-based model constructed to simulate the market’s development. Proper usage of this model in the stage of policy proposals could eliminate the potential deficiencies. The model simulates the following scenarios – current market settings, industry-based administration and government-based administration. The model’s outputs are evaluated and compared in order to select the efficient method of piracy administration.
This paper covers various aspects of film piracy over the Internet. In order to successfully deal... more This paper covers various aspects of film piracy over the Internet. In order to successfully deal with this matter, it is needed to recognize motivational factors related to film piracy. Thus, this study discusses group factors that could motivate individuals to engage in pirate activities. Furthermore, the paper discusses the theoretical effect on box office revenues and explains it on a proposed scheme of solutions for decreasing revenues. The article also maps the scheme of incentive motivational anti-piracy campaigns. Moreover, the paper proposes the preliminary scheme for system dynamic modeling of the Internet film piracy. Scheme is developed as a model of behaviors, influences and relations among the elements pertaining to the Internet film piracy.
This paper studies, maps and explains the interactions
between downloaders and uploaders pertaini... more This paper studies, maps and explains the interactions between downloaders and uploaders pertaining to the Internet film piracy. This study also covers several motivational factors that influence users to upload or download movies, and thus to engage in film piracy over the Internet. The essay also proposes a model that describes user behavior including their relationships and influences. Moreover, proposed theoretical interactions and motivational factors are applied to the real world scenario, using examples of a data storage webpage server Ulozto.net and webpage Piratebay.org gathering information about downloadable BitTorrents. Moreover, the theory is further supported by description of behavior of real Internet uploaders.
This paper maps and explains interactions between downloaders and uploaders pertaining to the Int... more This paper maps and explains interactions between downloaders and uploaders pertaining to the Internet film piracy. It also cover factors that motivate users to upload and download movies, and thus to engage in film piracy over the Internet. The paper applies the theory to the real world scenario, using an example of a Czech data storage webpage server www.uloz.to. The theory is further supported by description of behavior of a Czech uploader.
This paper covers various aspects of the Internet film
piracy. In order to successfully deal with... more This paper covers various aspects of the Internet film piracy. In order to successfully deal with this matter, it is needed to recognize and explain various motivational factors related to film piracy. Thus, this study proposes groups of economical, sociopsychological and other factors that could motivate individuals to engage in pirate activities. The paper also studies the interactions between downloaders and uploaders and offers the causality of the motivational factors and its effects on the film industry. Moreover, the study also focuses on proposed scheme of relations of downloading movies and the possible effect on box office revenues.
This paper covers different aspects of film piracy. The main aim of the study is to recognize and... more This paper covers different aspects of film piracy. The main aim of the study is to recognize and explain various motivational factors related to film piracy. The study proposes groups of economical, socio-psychological and other factors that could motivate individuals to engage in pirate activities.
This paper covers various aspects of Internet film piracy. It focuses on various institutions and... more This paper covers various aspects of Internet film piracy. It focuses on various institutions and campaigns aimed at piracy elimination. The main part of the study explains various motivation factors related to copyright infringement. The study also proposes a model that explains relationships among various parties involved.
The Czech theatrical market faces a major digital piracy problem. The availability of illegitimat... more The Czech theatrical market faces a major digital piracy problem. The availability of illegitimate digital distribution channels represents a challenge for managers, especially when original movies are uploaded to the Internet before or during their theatrical release.
The crucial managerial task is to solve the problems of losses caused by piracy, and to find a balance between antipiracy investment and the maximal benefits it brings. Therefore, to maximize stakeholder utility, management decision-making needs to be complemented and supported. Firstly, the research investigates the basis of digital piracy, discusses the effects it causes, focuses on relevant stakeholders. The thesis deals with knowledge management and system dynamics using its principles and approaches and proposes a model supporting strategic management decision-making. The created knowledge-based computational model simulates the market's development of the Czech theatrical industry related to digital film piracy in the following scenarios: current market settings, industry-based administration, government-based administration and a mixture of the last two; the results of the different scenarios are discussed, evaluated and compared.
The findings indicate that with the current settings in the Czech theatrical industry, the losses caused by digital piracy keep increasing linearly. Industry-based administration implies that the losses level off with a negligible yearly increase and the government-based solution reduces the losses more than the industrial administration. Nevertheless, the results show minor differences in total box office revenues, while differences in antipiracy costs are vast. Therefore, the predictive experiment based on the current market environment represents the most efficient version of the experiments.
Even though losses are, the highest, real box office revenues are only a little different. Simply put, a moderate increase in box office revenues paid for by massive investments into antipiracy seems inefficient.
Proceedings of the 4th Scientific Conference for PhD. students and young researchers , Dec 6, 2013
Czech theatrical market faces the problem of increasing digital piracy, and the availability of i... more Czech theatrical market faces the problem of increasing digital piracy, and the availability of illegitimate digital distribution channels represents a challenge for managers in the film industry, especially when original movies are uploaded to the Internet before or during their theatrical release. Thus, the crucial managerial challenge is to solve the problems of losses caused by piracy, and to find a balance between the investment into antipiracy and maximal benefits it brings. To maximize the utility of stakeholders, it is required to support the management decision-making. This paper deals with proposed computational knowledge-based model constructed to simulate the market’s development. Proper usage of this model in the stage of policy proposals could eliminate the potential deficiencies. The model simulates the following scenarios – current market settings, industry-based administration and government-based administration. The model’s outputs are evaluated and compared in order to select the efficient method of piracy administration.
This paper covers various aspects of film piracy over the Internet. In order to successfully deal... more This paper covers various aspects of film piracy over the Internet. In order to successfully deal with this matter, it is needed to recognize motivational factors related to film piracy. Thus, this study discusses group factors that could motivate individuals to engage in pirate activities. Furthermore, the paper discusses the theoretical effect on box office revenues and explains it on a proposed scheme of solutions for decreasing revenues. The article also maps the scheme of incentive motivational anti-piracy campaigns. Moreover, the paper proposes the preliminary scheme for system dynamic modeling of the Internet film piracy. Scheme is developed as a model of behaviors, influences and relations among the elements pertaining to the Internet film piracy.
This paper studies, maps and explains the interactions
between downloaders and uploaders pertaini... more This paper studies, maps and explains the interactions between downloaders and uploaders pertaining to the Internet film piracy. This study also covers several motivational factors that influence users to upload or download movies, and thus to engage in film piracy over the Internet. The essay also proposes a model that describes user behavior including their relationships and influences. Moreover, proposed theoretical interactions and motivational factors are applied to the real world scenario, using examples of a data storage webpage server Ulozto.net and webpage Piratebay.org gathering information about downloadable BitTorrents. Moreover, the theory is further supported by description of behavior of real Internet uploaders.
This paper maps and explains interactions between downloaders and uploaders pertaining to the Int... more This paper maps and explains interactions between downloaders and uploaders pertaining to the Internet film piracy. It also cover factors that motivate users to upload and download movies, and thus to engage in film piracy over the Internet. The paper applies the theory to the real world scenario, using an example of a Czech data storage webpage server www.uloz.to. The theory is further supported by description of behavior of a Czech uploader.
This paper covers various aspects of the Internet film
piracy. In order to successfully deal with... more This paper covers various aspects of the Internet film piracy. In order to successfully deal with this matter, it is needed to recognize and explain various motivational factors related to film piracy. Thus, this study proposes groups of economical, sociopsychological and other factors that could motivate individuals to engage in pirate activities. The paper also studies the interactions between downloaders and uploaders and offers the causality of the motivational factors and its effects on the film industry. Moreover, the study also focuses on proposed scheme of relations of downloading movies and the possible effect on box office revenues.
This paper covers different aspects of film piracy. The main aim of the study is to recognize and... more This paper covers different aspects of film piracy. The main aim of the study is to recognize and explain various motivational factors related to film piracy. The study proposes groups of economical, socio-psychological and other factors that could motivate individuals to engage in pirate activities.
This paper covers various aspects of Internet film piracy. It focuses on various institutions and... more This paper covers various aspects of Internet film piracy. It focuses on various institutions and campaigns aimed at piracy elimination. The main part of the study explains various motivation factors related to copyright infringement. The study also proposes a model that explains relationships among various parties involved.
The Czech theatrical market faces a major digital piracy problem. The availability of illegitimat... more The Czech theatrical market faces a major digital piracy problem. The availability of illegitimate digital distribution channels represents a challenge for managers, especially when original movies are uploaded to the Internet before or during their theatrical release.
The crucial managerial task is to solve the problems of losses caused by piracy, and to find a balance between antipiracy investment and the maximal benefits it brings. Therefore, to maximize stakeholder utility, management decision-making needs to be complemented and supported. Firstly, the research investigates the basis of digital piracy, discusses the effects it causes, focuses on relevant stakeholders. The thesis deals with knowledge management and system dynamics using its principles and approaches and proposes a model supporting strategic management decision-making. The created knowledge-based computational model simulates the market's development of the Czech theatrical industry related to digital film piracy in the following scenarios: current market settings, industry-based administration, government-based administration and a mixture of the last two; the results of the different scenarios are discussed, evaluated and compared.
The findings indicate that with the current settings in the Czech theatrical industry, the losses caused by digital piracy keep increasing linearly. Industry-based administration implies that the losses level off with a negligible yearly increase and the government-based solution reduces the losses more than the industrial administration. Nevertheless, the results show minor differences in total box office revenues, while differences in antipiracy costs are vast. Therefore, the predictive experiment based on the current market environment represents the most efficient version of the experiments.
Even though losses are, the highest, real box office revenues are only a little different. Simply put, a moderate increase in box office revenues paid for by massive investments into antipiracy seems inefficient.
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between downloaders and uploaders pertaining to the Internet film piracy. This study also covers several motivational factors that influence users to upload or download movies, and thus to engage in film piracy over the Internet. The essay also proposes a model that describes user behavior including their relationships and influences. Moreover, proposed theoretical interactions and motivational factors are applied to the real world scenario, using examples of a data storage webpage server Ulozto.net and webpage Piratebay.org gathering information about downloadable BitTorrents. Moreover, the theory is further supported by description of behavior of real Internet uploaders.
piracy. In order to successfully deal with this matter, it is needed to recognize and explain various motivational factors related to film piracy. Thus, this study proposes groups of economical, sociopsychological and other factors that could motivate individuals to engage in pirate activities. The paper also studies the interactions between downloaders and uploaders and offers the causality of the motivational factors and its effects on the film industry. Moreover, the study also focuses on proposed scheme of relations of downloading movies and the possible effect on box office revenues.
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The crucial managerial task is to solve the problems of losses caused by piracy, and to find a balance between antipiracy investment and the maximal benefits it brings. Therefore, to maximize stakeholder utility, management decision-making needs to be complemented and supported. Firstly, the research investigates the basis of digital piracy, discusses the effects it causes, focuses on relevant stakeholders. The thesis deals with knowledge management and system dynamics using its principles and approaches and proposes a model supporting strategic management decision-making.
The created knowledge-based computational model simulates the market's development of the Czech theatrical industry related to digital film piracy in the following scenarios: current market settings, industry-based administration, government-based administration and a mixture of the last two; the results of the different scenarios are discussed, evaluated and compared.
The findings indicate that with the current settings in the Czech theatrical industry, the losses caused by digital piracy keep increasing linearly. Industry-based administration implies that the losses level off with a negligible yearly increase and the government-based solution reduces the losses more than the industrial administration. Nevertheless, the results show minor differences in total box office revenues, while differences in antipiracy costs are vast. Therefore, the predictive experiment based on the current market environment represents the most efficient version of the experiments.
Even though losses are, the highest, real box office revenues are only a little different. Simply put, a moderate increase in box office revenues paid for by massive investments into antipiracy seems inefficient.
between downloaders and uploaders pertaining to the Internet film piracy. This study also covers several motivational factors that influence users to upload or download movies, and thus to engage in film piracy over the Internet. The essay also proposes a model that describes user behavior including their relationships and influences. Moreover, proposed theoretical interactions and motivational factors are applied to the real world scenario, using examples of a data storage webpage server Ulozto.net and webpage Piratebay.org gathering information about downloadable BitTorrents. Moreover, the theory is further supported by description of behavior of real Internet uploaders.
piracy. In order to successfully deal with this matter, it is needed to recognize and explain various motivational factors related to film piracy. Thus, this study proposes groups of economical, sociopsychological and other factors that could motivate individuals to engage in pirate activities. The paper also studies the interactions between downloaders and uploaders and offers the causality of the motivational factors and its effects on the film industry. Moreover, the study also focuses on proposed scheme of relations of downloading movies and the possible effect on box office revenues.
The crucial managerial task is to solve the problems of losses caused by piracy, and to find a balance between antipiracy investment and the maximal benefits it brings. Therefore, to maximize stakeholder utility, management decision-making needs to be complemented and supported. Firstly, the research investigates the basis of digital piracy, discusses the effects it causes, focuses on relevant stakeholders. The thesis deals with knowledge management and system dynamics using its principles and approaches and proposes a model supporting strategic management decision-making.
The created knowledge-based computational model simulates the market's development of the Czech theatrical industry related to digital film piracy in the following scenarios: current market settings, industry-based administration, government-based administration and a mixture of the last two; the results of the different scenarios are discussed, evaluated and compared.
The findings indicate that with the current settings in the Czech theatrical industry, the losses caused by digital piracy keep increasing linearly. Industry-based administration implies that the losses level off with a negligible yearly increase and the government-based solution reduces the losses more than the industrial administration. Nevertheless, the results show minor differences in total box office revenues, while differences in antipiracy costs are vast. Therefore, the predictive experiment based on the current market environment represents the most efficient version of the experiments.
Even though losses are, the highest, real box office revenues are only a little different. Simply put, a moderate increase in box office revenues paid for by massive investments into antipiracy seems inefficient.