Baywatch: Two Approaches to Measure the Effects of Blocking Access to the Pirate Bay

Poort, Joost; Leenheer, Jorna; Ham, Jeroen van der; Dumitru, Cosmin

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2314297

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“…Neither results are conclusive by themselves, however both gave very similar results, strengthening the conclusion that the blockade was ineffective [13]. A more extensive review of the ethical aspects of this case is described in [14].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Ethics and Internet Measurements

Ham

2017

2017 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW)

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Over the past decade the Internet has changed from a helpful tool to an important part of our daily lives for most of the world's population. Where in the past the Internet mostly served to look up and exchange information, it is now used to stay in touch with friends, perform financial transactions or exchange other kinds of sensitive information. This development impacts researchers performing Internet measurements, as the data traffic they collect is now much more likely to have some impact on users. Traditional institutions such as Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) or Ethics Committees are not always equipped to perform a thorough review or gauge the impact of Internet measurement studies. This paper examines the impact of this development for Internet measurements and analyses previous cases where Internet measurements have touched upon ethical issues. The paper proposes an early framework to help researchers identify stakeholders and how a network study may impact them. In addition to this, the paper provides advice on creating measurement practices that incorporate ethics by design, and also considers the role of third-party data suppliers in ethical measurement practices.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Ethics and Internet Measurements

Ham

2017

2017 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW)

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“…Both are rather crude instruments, indiscriminately blocking legal content and copyright infringing content based on the source. DNS blocking of websites does not function as a very high threshold since there are sufficient methods available to bypass the blockade (Dilmpieri, King & Dennis, 2011) (Wesselingh, Cristina & Tweeboom, 2013) (Poort, Leenheer, van der Ham & Dumitruc, 2013). IP address blocking appears to do the job, but may only be imposed in cases where an infringing website is the only website behind an IP address.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Website Blocking: Evolution or Revolution? 10 Years of Copyright Enforcement by Private Third Parties

Wesselingh¹

2014

IDP Rev. Internet derecho polít.

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Copyright enforcement by private third parties -does it work uniformly across the EU? Since the inception of Napster, home copying of digital files has taken flight. The first providers of software or infrastructure for the illegal exchange of files were held contributory or vicariously liable for copyright infringement. In response, they quickly diluted the chain of liability to such an extent that neither the software producers, nor the service providers could be held liable. Moving further down the communication chain, the rights holders are now requiring Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that provide access to end customers to help them with the enforcement of their rights. This article discusses case law regarding the enforcement of copyright by Internet Access Providers throughout Europe. At first glance, copyright enforcement has been harmonised by means of a number of directives, and article 8(3) of the Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC) regulates that EU Member States must ensure the position of rights holders with regard to injunctions against ISPs. Problem solved? Case law from Denmark, Ireland, Belgium, Norway, England, The Netherlands, Austria and the Court of Justice of the EU was studied. In addition, the legal practice in Germany was examined. The period of time covered by case law is from 2003 to 2013; the case law gives insight into the differences that still exist after implementation of the directive.

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“…Adermon and Liang (2014) find a similar effect caused by stricter legislation in Sweden, but they also show that the effect diminishes after 6 months. Evaluating the effects of DNS-blocking in the Netherlands, Poort et al (2014) find a small decrease in self-reported piracy-levels of music, video, games and books. But also in their data, the effect vanishes after 6 months for most content types.…”

Section: Evidence On the Effectiveness Of Online Copyright Enforcementmentioning

confidence: 98%

Follow the Money: Online Piracy and Self-Regulation in the Advertising Industry

2018

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. In this paper, we study the effects of a self-regulatory effort, orchestrated by the European Commission, that aims to reduce advertising revenues for publishers of copyright infringing content. Historical data lets us follow how the third-party advertising and tracking services associated with a large number of piracy websites and a corresponding set of legitimate "placebo" websites change after the agreement to self-regulate went in place. We find that larger EU-based advertisers comply with the initiative and reduce their connections with piracy websites. We do not find reductions for other non-advertising services that track consumers, which has potentially important implications for the efficiency of targeted advertising. JEL-Codes: K400, L500, L800. Terms of use: Documents in

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Baywatch: Two Approaches to Measure the Effects of Blocking Access to the Pirate Bay

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Ethics and Internet Measurements

Ethics and Internet Measurements

Website Blocking: Evolution or Revolution? 10 Years of Copyright Enforcement by Private Third Parties

Follow the Money: Online Piracy and Self-Regulation in the Advertising Industry

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