Developed with intellectual property (IP) practitioners in national judicial authorities in mind, this report aims to provide a better understanding of how criminal infringements of copyrights are legislated and enforced across Member States of the European Union. Its focus are online criminal...

Copyright infringement remains a significant challenge for rightsholders in the European Union. The complexity of this issue has increased with technological advancements, necessitating a deeper understanding of piracy mechanisms to develop efficient countermeasures. The first analysis by the...

The use of advertising to fund websites and mobile apps that offer pirated content has become an insidious practice within the online piracy landscape. This flyer gives an overview of the scale of the problem, the actors operating within the advertising ecosystem, and the types and formats of...

Using a household level dataset, we measure the impact of a website blocking agreement based on DNS filtering on digital piracy and the consumption of pay-TV, Video on Demand, and paid entertainment channels. Our results show that blocking access to copyright infringing websites reduces Internet...

Consumer risk from internet services continues to be an urgent and pressing policy issue for governments, especially in the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific region. Numerous incidents of ransomware and DDoS attacks continue to fill the pages of newspapers. COVID-19 lockdowns have further accelerated...

Subscription video-on-demand platforms such as Netflix and HBO Max are being increasingly challenged by the widespread practice of sharing accounts with individuals outside the household. Platforms face a massive loss of revenue due to the opportunistic behavior of many users who enjoy content...