reaching often contrasting results. Such an
oversight is unfortunate because without an understanding of
key contributors to attitude toward piracy, it will remain
difficult for practitioners to change consumer behaviors. This
research proposes and tests a comprehensive model to
understand how these attitudes form; it also provides evidence
that such an understanding of the contributors to attitude can
carry through to intended behavior to try a legal
subscription-based service. The model is based upon Fishbein
and Ajzen’s (1975, 1980) Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA)
and it extends the original formulation by including ethical
considerations in the attitude-intention model. In brief, we
find that there are three main determinants of attitude:
economic benefits (positive relationship), hedonic benefits
(positive relationship) and moral judgment (negative
relationship); in addition, we find that willingness to try
SBMS is directly influenced by consumers’ interest and
involvement with the services themselves.