PIRACY, AN INSIDIOUS ECONOMIC TERMITE; A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA, NIGER STATE.

Abstract

The study made a survey of piracy of print sources in Nigeria. The research design used was social survey. The researcher designed a self styled instrument tagged “Piracy Rate In Nigeria Questionnaire” (PRINQ). The instrument was given to experienced academic colleagues for moderation and validation. It was then that the researcher convinced that the instrument would adequately measure what it purports to measure. The data obtained from the respondents were analysed with simple statistical tools such as frequency and percentiles. It was discovered among other things that book piracy has attained an endemic, pandemic, and worrisome stage among students of higher institutions in Nigeria and most especially among new intakes at the Federal University of Technology, Minna. The study concluded by recommending that appropriate book policy should be enacted in Nigeria with a view to stemming the piracy tide.The study made a survey of piracy of print sources in Nigeria. The research design used was social survey. The researcher designed a self styled instrument tagged “Piracy Rate In Nigeria Questionnaire” (PRINQ). The instrument was given to experienced academic colleagues for moderation and validation. It was then that the researcher convinced that the instrument would adequately measure what it purports to measure. The data obtained from the respondents were analysed with simple statistical tools such as frequency and percentiles. It was discovered among other things that book piracy has attained an endemic, pandemic, and worrisome stage among students of higher institutions in Nigeria and most especially among new intakes at the Federal University of Technology, Minna. The study concluded by recommending that appropriate book policy should be enacted in Nigeria with a view to stemming the piracy tide.