Religiosity and digital piracy : an empirical examination

This study aims to examine the relationship between religiosity,attitudes to digital piracy, and behavioral intention. A totalof 400 questionnaires were completed by members of a Christianmega-church in Indonesia. Cluster analysis and MANOVAwere employed to determine whether there are significant differencesbetween the less religious, moderately religious, andhighly religious respondents in their attitude to digital piracy andbehavioral intention. This study provides empirical evidence thathighly religious respondents have a stronger attitude against digitalpiracy and are more willing to stop purchasing pirated mediacompared to the less religious and moderately religious respondents.