Controlling digital piracy via domain name system blocks: a natural experiment

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Autor(a) principal: Reis, Filipa
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Matos, Miguel Godinho de, Ferreira, Pedro
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43408
Resumo: We study the impact of batch DNS filtering of copyright-infringing websites, a novel administrative-based process that does not require judicial involvement. In partnership with a large telecommunication provider, we measure the impact of this intervention on piracy activity and the legal alternatives integrated into households' media subscription bundles, an aspect largely unexplored in prior literature. We find a significant reduction in Internet traffic, which proxies piracy activity. However, we do not observe statistically significant changes in the consumption of the legal alternatives under consideration, only a slight increase in TV viewership. To further understand these outcomes, we examine the heterogeneity of these results based on households' pre-block usage intensity of digital piracy and demographic characteristics. Our work contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of piracy control strategies and informs policy makers and industry practitioners about the benefits and limitations of DNS-based website blocking.
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title Controlling digital piracy via domain name system blocks: a natural experiment
spellingShingle Controlling digital piracy via domain name system blocks: a natural experiment
Reis, Filipa
Digital piracy
Cultural protection policy
Natural experiment
title_short Controlling digital piracy via domain name system blocks: a natural experiment
title_full Controlling digital piracy via domain name system blocks: a natural experiment
title_fullStr Controlling digital piracy via domain name system blocks: a natural experiment
title_full_unstemmed Controlling digital piracy via domain name system blocks: a natural experiment
title_sort Controlling digital piracy via domain name system blocks: a natural experiment
author Reis, Filipa
author_facet Reis, Filipa
Matos, Miguel Godinho de
Ferreira, Pedro
author_role author
author2 Matos, Miguel Godinho de
Ferreira, Pedro
author2_role author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Reis, Filipa
Matos, Miguel Godinho de
Ferreira, Pedro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Digital piracy
Cultural protection policy
Natural experiment
topic Digital piracy
Cultural protection policy
Natural experiment
description We study the impact of batch DNS filtering of copyright-infringing websites, a novel administrative-based process that does not require judicial involvement. In partnership with a large telecommunication provider, we measure the impact of this intervention on piracy activity and the legal alternatives integrated into households' media subscription bundles, an aspect largely unexplored in prior literature. We find a significant reduction in Internet traffic, which proxies piracy activity. However, we do not observe statistically significant changes in the consumption of the legal alternatives under consideration, only a slight increase in TV viewership. To further understand these outcomes, we examine the heterogeneity of these results based on households' pre-block usage intensity of digital piracy and demographic characteristics. Our work contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of piracy control strategies and informs policy makers and industry practitioners about the benefits and limitations of DNS-based website blocking.
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