This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...

Online sextortion is an organised form of blackmail which can have a serious financial and traumatic impact on its victims. Responding to a dearth of evidence about this crime, this study analyses patterns within a large dataset of over 23,000 anonymous victim reports, collected via an online...

Jede Anonymität, auch gerade die im Netz (J. Kubeziel: ID-A 30/12), die einerseits dem Schutz der Bürgerrechte dient, kann für dunkle Zwecke genutzt werden. Dass es digitale Unterwelten gibt, in denen - ethisch betrachtet - allen menschlichen Abgründen und verbrecherischen Absichten in...