Online copyright enforcement, in the form of either direct action against the supply-side (via website shutdowns) or the demand-side (via individual lawsuits against users), has not been very effective in reducing piracy. Regulators have therefore put forward the so called "follow the money"...

The present article tries to explain how firms appropriate their investments in innovation activities. Thereby, not only intellectual property rights, but also different informal appropriation mechanisms are analysed. The special attention is paid to interactions among various appropriation...