Digital Piracy Under a Graduated Response Policy
Sylvain Dejean
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Thierry Pénard
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Résumé
Graduated response policies (e.g., three-strikes laws) are often adopted to deter repeated criminal activity. In 2009 France passed the Hadopi three-strikes law targeting digital piracy. We model the individual intertemporal decision to engage in illegal activity before and after receiving each strike and, contingent on this decision, the level of illegal content acquisition (piracy) within each stage. We find that monitoring efforts typically believed to deter criminal activity can have unintended results. For example, an increase in the probability of detection can increase piracy. An increase in the punishment is the only policy that unambiguously deters illegal activity.
Domaines
Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Résumé |
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Graduated response policies (e.g., three-strikes laws) are often adopted to deter repeated criminal activity. In 2009 France passed the Hadopi three-strikes law targeting digital piracy. We model the individual intertemporal decision to engage in illegal activity before and after receiving each strike and, contingent on this decision, the level of illegal content acquisition (piracy) within each stage. We find that monitoring efforts typically believed to deter criminal activity can have unintended results. For example, an increase in the probability of detection can increase piracy. An increase in the punishment is the only policy that unambiguously deters illegal activity.
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Titre |
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Digital Piracy Under a Graduated Response Policy
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Auteur(s) |
Michael A. Arnold
1
, Eric Darmon
2
, Sylvain Dejean
3, 4
, Thierry Pénard
2
1
Department of Economics, University of Delaware
( 169222 )
- Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics 303 Alfred Lerner Hall Newark, DE 19716 USA
- États-Unis
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CREM -
Centre de recherche en économie et management
( 894 )
- 7 place Hoche, BP 86514
35065 RENNES CEDEX
- France
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ULR -
La Rochelle Université
( 300311 )
- Technoforum - 23 avenue Albert Einstein - BP 33060 - 17031 La Rochelle - France
- France
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CEREGE [Poitiers] -
Centre de recherche en gestion [EA 1722]
( 159255 )
- 20, rue Guillaume VII le Troubadour – Bât. E1 – TSA61116 – 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9 – France
- France
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Date de publication |
2019
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Nom de la revue |
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Page/Identifiant |
372-393
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Date de publication électronique |
2018-10
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Volume |
175
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Numéro |
2
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
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criminal behavior, three-strikes law, digital piracy, detection, graduated response, deterrence, crime
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DOI | 10.1628/jite-2018-0016 |
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