Who is at Fault for On-Line Piracy? According to PiracyData.org, Blame the Victim…
Posted on byYesterday, scholars at the Mercatus Center unveiled a new website entitled PiracyData.org. According to the site’s co-creator Jerry Brito, the purpose of this webpage is to determine whether the most-pirated movies each week are available for legal streaming, digital rental, or digital purchase. To accomplish this goal, the site combines TorrentFreak’s weekly top-ten list of the most pirated movies with Can I Stream It’s database of movie availability. In light of the demonstrated unreliability of the site’s data—something Mr. Brito concedes—no conclusions or even sensible speculations can be drawn from PiracyData.org. But, one meaningful question to ask is why is Continue Reading »