This paper presents estimates of lost movie sales due to unpaid movie consumption. We are the first to provide estimates that are recent, representative of the internet-using population, and cover multiple countries. Based on an online questionnaire with almost 30,000 respondents, we document...

This paper considers the main forms of global movie piracy and discusses some of the typical players and distribution channels for pirated films. In response to these forms of piracy, the industry's efforts to lobby for tougher criminal sanctions and greater protections for DRM in the U.S. and...

We analyze strategies that movie distributors have used to cope with piracy, copying and sharing of movies in the United States in four categories: "hard goods" commercial piracy, consumer theft of pay TV signals, consumer copying and sharing of videos and pay TV, and mostly in prospect -...

This timely comment introduces readers to the history and recent rise of the Chinese theatrical film industry, Hollywood’s subsequent reliance on the market, China’s current laws governing film and its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, and analyzes the unintended...

The success of streaming services seemed to mark the end of the two-decade-long debate about online piracy. However, the emergence of new websites aggregating and distributing illegally content from multiple streaming platforms rekindled the debate. In this paper, we are interested in...

We review strategies that movie distributors have used to cope with piracy, copying and sharing of movies in the United States in four categories: ― "hard goods" commercial piracy, consumer theft of pay TV signals, consumer copying and sharing of videos and pay TV, and mostly in prospect ―...

We review strategies that movie distributors have used to cope with piracy, copying and sharing of movies in the United States in four categories: ― "hard goods" commercial piracy, consumer theft of pay TV signals, consumer copying and sharing of videos and pay TV, and mostly in...