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Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-126).
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| author | Malczyk, Anna |
| author2 | Haupt, Adam |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/14315 Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives Malczyk, Anna Haupt, Adam Intellectual Property Rights Copyright Infringement - Attitudes Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-126). This thesis examines video games, copyright law and gamers' attitudes to copyright infringement, with particular reference to South Africa. The work provides an overview of the debates about copyright law and digital media, and offers an analysis of attitudes expressed by South African gamers about copyright infringement, popularly termed 'piracy'. The thesis reveals that, while about 70% of the gamers in this study share content illegally, they express complex and varying motivations for doing so, and have various and conflicting means of understanding the supposed illegality of the act. Some of the issues raised by participants in this study relate to contested perspectives on Digital Rights Management (DRM). In this work, I argue that DRM erodes civil liberties and does not necessarily extend the interests of gaming corporations. In this regard, the thesis explores alternative strategies to the restrictive approaches adopted by advocates of DRM as well as prohibitive copyright laws and multilateral agreements on intellectual property. In essence, this work intends to establish middle ground between gamers, who place a high premium on usability and affordability of gaming products, and the gaming corporations, who are interested in extending market share as well as protecting what they deem to be their intellectual property. 2015-10-25T17:06:42Z 2015-10-25T17:06:42Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14315 eng application/pdf Centre for Film and Media Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Intellectual Property Rights Copyright Infringement - Attitudes Malczyk, Anna Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives |
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| title_fullStr | Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives |
| title_short | Games, copyright, piracy : South African gamers' perspectives |
| title_sort | games copyright piracy south african gamers perspectives |
| topic | Intellectual Property Rights Copyright Infringement - Attitudes |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14315 |
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