Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing: Psychological Reactance and the Theory of Planned Behaviour

Background

Internet penetration has increased rapidly over the last decade, with recent Pew Internet and American Life data indicating that almost three quarters of American adults regularly access the internet from home (Horrigan, 2009). Of these, nearly 90% connect at broadband speeds. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2009), the UK Office for National Statistics (2009) and the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (2009) reveal that broadband Internet penetration levels are similarly high in Australia, the UK, and many other industrialised nations.