@techreport { title = {Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU}, year = {2017}, month = {09/2017}, author = {van der Ende, Martin and Poort, Joost and Robert Haffner and de Bas, Patrick and Yagafarova, Anastasia and Rohlfs, Sophie and van Til, Harry and Directorate-General for the Internal Market and Services (European Commission)}, keywords = {European Union, EU Member State, electronic commerce, downloading, digital technology, copyright, computer piracy}, publisher = {European Commission}, pages = {1-306}, isbn = {978-92-79-35136-5}, abstract = {The extent to which digital consumption of pirated materials displaces legitimate purchases is of fundamental importance for EU copyright policy design. The European Commission has commissioned Ecorys to carry out a study on the relation between online copyright infringement (digital piracy) and sales of copyrighted content. This study adds to the existing literature in at least three ways. Firstly, it compares piracy rates in multiple EU Member States calculated according to the same methodology. This makes it possible to compare results between countries. Secondly, displacement rates are estimated in the presence of an important recent phenomenon, i.e. the widespread availability of a wide variety of services for downloading or streaming content. Thirdly, the study includes minors to assess the extent of piracy among this group.}, refereed = {does not apply}, doi = {10.2780/26736}, url = {https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/59ea4ec1-a19b-11e7-b92d-01aa75ed71a1/language-en}, attachments = {displacement_study.pdf}, }