A major problem of the music industry is dealing with consumers who download music from the internet without paying royalties. The aim of this paper is to explore what factors could lead the undergraduate students to increase the legitimacy of their music downloads. Several articles in the academic literature attempted to better understand the consumer from pirated goods (Tom et al, 1998; MATOS; ITUASSÚ, 2005; BAZANINI et al, 2006; COSTA; SANT'ANNA, 2008) but none had the objective of how to enhance the legal download. The approach of this work adds the internet experience related to usability and marketing mix developed by Constantinides and Geurts (2005). The research is quantitative exploratory and was conducted with undergraduate students with high purchase power. The questionnaire was developed based on Constantinides, Geurts (2005) and Chiang, Chiang (2004) and adapted to the Brazilian context. Attitudes and opinions were measured upon a monadic approach with a rating scale based on attraction and repellency of one to seven points. (Evrard, Pras, & Roux, 2000, p. 256). An econometric model of the type Probit using E-Views 5 was proposed based on 143 completed questionnaires. Most of the consumption of music of the sample is held illegally and consumers do not admit (39.86%) to increase in consumption of legal downloads of music. The Probit model shows that the characteristics: Legality, Distribution Inclusive and popularity have a positive relationship, ie the higher the value of these variables, the greater the likelihood that the university increase its legally intake of music. The characteristics of Singularity Merchandise -Sale of musical products for small and specialized markets (alternative music, Taiwanese opera, etc..) Stability and Operating System Communication and Messaging have a negative relationship, ie the higher the value of these variables, the less likely the respondent to modify its use of "pirates". Thus, there is a negative relationship between these characteristics considered important and consider the possibility of increasing legal music downloads.
Intellectual property; Piracy; Phonographic industry; Download; Consumer Behavior
