TY - JOUR
T1 - How much material on BitTorrent is infringing content?
T2 - A case study
AU - Watters, Paul A.
AU - Layton, Robert
AU - Dazeley, Richard
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - BitTorrent is a widely used protocol for peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, including material which is often suspected to be infringing content. However, little systematic research has been undertaken to establish to measure the true extent of illegal file sharing. In this paper, we propose a new methodology for measuring the extent of infringing content. Our initial results indicate that at least 89.9% of files shared contain infringing content, with a replication study on another sample finding 97%. We discuss the limitations of the approach in this case study, including sampling biases, and outline proposals to further verify the results. The implications of the work vis - vis the management of piracy at the network level are discussed.
AB - BitTorrent is a widely used protocol for peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, including material which is often suspected to be infringing content. However, little systematic research has been undertaken to establish to measure the true extent of illegal file sharing. In this paper, we propose a new methodology for measuring the extent of infringing content. Our initial results indicate that at least 89.9% of files shared contain infringing content, with a replication study on another sample finding 97%. We discuss the limitations of the approach in this case study, including sampling biases, and outline proposals to further verify the results. The implications of the work vis - vis the management of piracy at the network level are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82455217211&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.istr.2011.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.istr.2011.10.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:82455217211
SN - 1363-4127
VL - 16
SP - 79
EP - 87
JO - Information Security Technical Report
JF - Information Security Technical Report
IS - 2
ER -