Larsson et al. (2014)
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Larsson et a (2014) | |
Title: | The Digital Intellectual Property Challenge Revisited: File-sharing and Copyright Development in Hungary |
Author(s): | Larsson, S., Svensson, M., Mezei, P., De Kaminski, M. |
Year: | 2014 |
Citation: | Larsson, S., Svensson, M., Mezei, P., & De Kaminski, M. (2014). The Digital Intellectual Property Challenge Revisited: File-sharing and Copyright Development in Hungary. |
Link(s): | Open Access |
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Data Description: | 568 Hungarian respondents , compared with a large scale, near global population of over 96,000 respondents. |
Data Type: | Primary data |
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Abstract
The challenge that illegal file-sharing poses to legal criminalisation is addressed in this study. Nonetheless, the pretexts and reasons for the specific character of file-sharing behaviour and norms in a community likely, to various degrees, correlate with the specifics in the legal regulation relating to a particular jurisdiction. Therefore, we argue for the importance of empirically studying both the legal development and the file-sharing practices existing in parallel to the legal development within the domain’s specific jurisdiction. This study will elaborate quite extensively on the contemporary development and the status of copyright in Hungary. This is followed by a sample of Hungarian respondents to a survey on file-sharing, which is then compared with a large set of global respondents in order to determine the specific character of the former sample — if such character is found.
Main Results of the Study
Survey explores three questions: 1. In terms of demographics, who are the typical Hungarian file-sharers? 2. To what extent do Hungarian file-sharers diverge from others? 3. What is the character of Hungarian IP regulation in relation to international treaties and trade agreements, enforcement, the role of the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and its contemporary development in general?
- Hungary stands out in the higher degree of use of other or private BitTorrent trackers which could be due to the weaker online law enforcement and the stronger fight against bootleg copies.
- Due to their particular language, Hungarians are more motivated to set up and run their own darknet sites where copyrighted contents, mainly movies and TV-shows, are available in original releases along with translations.
- The key motivation for file-sharers in Hungary seems to be the sites’ cost-free nature. If the price is high Hungarians most likely will not switch to subscription services or purchase works in hard copies.
- File-sharing, therefore, seems to represent resistance to the pricing models of works rather than any expression of political opinion or ideology. None of these reasons has any relation to the emerging “pirate thinking” of file-sharers in Sweden or Germany
Policy Implications as Stated By Author
Companies should lower costs of legal alternatives in order to entice new customers.
Coverage of Study
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Sample size: | 568 |
Level of aggregation: | Individual |
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Sample size: | 96000 |
Level of aggregation: | Individual |
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