Online copright enforcement

Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU external link

Ende, M. van der, Poort, J., Haffner, R., Bas, P. de, Yagafarova, A., Rohlfs, S. & Til, H. van

2017

Abstract

The extent to which digital consumption of pirated materials displaces legitimate purchases is of fundamental importance for EU copyright policy design. The European Commission has commissioned Ecorys to carry out a study on the relation between online copyright infringement (digital piracy) and sales of copyrighted content. This study adds to the existing literature in at least three ways. Firstly, it compares piracy rates in multiple EU Member States calculated according to the same methodology. This makes it possible to compare results between countries. Secondly, displacement rates are estimated in the presence of an important recent phenomenon, i.e. the widespread availability of a wide variety of services for downloading or streaming content. Thirdly, the study includes minors to assess the extent of piracy among this group.

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Auteursrecht, Copyright, copyright policy, frontpage, online content, Online copright enforcement, online infringement, Online media

Bibtex

Report{Ecorys&Poort-Displacement,
	title = {Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU},
	author = {Ende, M. van der and Poort, J. and Haffner, R. and Bas, P. de and Yagafarova, A. and Rohlfs, S. and Til, H. van},
	url = {https://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/2015-Estimating-displacement-rates-of-copyrighted-content-in-the-EU-2.pdf},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.2780/26736},
	year = {0922},
	date = {2017-09-22},
	abstract = {The extent to which digital consumption of pirated materials displaces legitimate purchases is of fundamental importance for EU copyright policy design. The European Commission has commissioned Ecorys to carry out a study on the relation between online copyright infringement (digital piracy) and sales of copyrighted content.

This study adds to the existing literature in at least three ways. Firstly, it compares piracy rates in multiple EU Member States calculated according to the same methodology. This makes it possible to compare results between countries. Secondly, displacement rates are estimated in the presence of an important recent phenomenon, i.e. the widespread availability of a wide variety of services for downloading or streaming content. Thirdly, the study includes minors to assess the extent of piracy among this group.},
	keywords = {Auteursrecht, Copyright, copyright policy, frontpage, online content, Online copright enforcement, online infringement, Online media},
}

Baywatch: Two approaches to measure the effects of blocking access to The Pirate Bay external link

Leenheer, J., Ham, J. van der, Dumitru, C. & Poort, J.

Telecommunications Policy, num: 4, pp: 383-392, 2014

Abstract

In the fight against unauthorised sharing of copyright protected material, Dutch Internet Service Providers have been summoned by courts to block their subscribers' access to The Pirate Bay and related sites. This paper studies the effectiveness of this approach towards online copyright enforcement, using both a consumer survey and a newly developed non-infringing technology for BitTorrent monitoring. While a small group of respondents download less from illegal sources or claim to have stopped doing so, no impact is found on the percentage of the Dutch population downloading from illegal sources. Slight changes are found on the distribution of Dutch peers, but these seem related to the awareness raised by blocking rather than the blocking itself.

Bibtex

Article{nokey,
	title = {Baywatch: Two approaches to measure the effects of blocking access to The Pirate Bay},
	author = {Leenheer, J. and Ham, J. van der and Dumitru, C. and Poort, J.},
	url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/Telecommunications_Policy_2014.pdf},
	year = {0204},
	date = {2014-02-04},
	journal = {Telecommunications Policy},
	number = {4},
	abstract = {In the fight against unauthorised sharing of copyright protected material, Dutch Internet Service Providers have been summoned by courts to block their subscribers\' access to The Pirate Bay and related sites. This paper studies the effectiveness of this approach towards online copyright enforcement, using both a consumer survey and a newly developed non-infringing technology for BitTorrent monitoring. While a small group of respondents download less from illegal sources or claim to have stopped doing so, no impact is found on the percentage of the Dutch population downloading from illegal sources. Slight changes are found on the distribution of Dutch peers, but these seem related to the awareness raised by blocking rather than the blocking itself.},
	keywords = {BitTorrent monitoring, blocking access, Online copright enforcement, p2p, piracy, Telecommunicatierecht, The Pirate Bay, unauthorised file sharing},
}