Internet Piracy
Internet Piracy
Facing the Problem
The market of Internet piracy has been historically dominated by Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing networks. In the last years illegal downloads have transited to Direct Download Links (DLL) and Online Streaming Sites (OSS) due to the increase in broadband penetration, improvements in the quality of DDL-Sites vs. P2P, the ease of use, access and sharing.
Direct Download Links
When content leaks, it is first shared on DDL and OSS, only in a later phase the content downloaded from server side is shared on P2P networks. By targeting the root of illegal content distribution, Sortag thus works to choke its flow.
The advantages of fighting Direct Download and Streaming Sites can be summarized by the following points below:
- - Immediate Results
- - Cutting piracy at seed level
- - Stopping future distribution
- - Research favors DLL over P2P
- - Result oriented
- - Global effects
Internet Piracy cost the film industry $6.1 billion in 2005
Motion Picture Association of AmericaCopyright infringement overall resulted in $18.3 billion in trade losses in 2007
International Intellectual Property AllianceCopyright infringement also costs the U.S. 750,000 jobs per year
U.S. Chamber of Commerce