The variety of visits to the pirated websites rose in 2021. A joint report revealed by Akamai and MUSO exhibits that international demand for pirated content material skyrocketed between January 2021 to September 2021. India recorded 6.5 billion visits to piracy web sites, the third-highest after the US (13.5 billion) and Russia (7.2 billion).
According to the report, a complete of 132 billion visits to piracy web sites had been logged in 2021. While 61.5 per cent of shoppers who visited piracy websites accessed them immediately, and 28.6 per cent actively looked for them. The report titled: “State of the Internet” additionally revealed that through the first 9 months of 2021, pirated web sites devoted to motion pictures, TV exhibits, music, software program, and publishing-related copyright infringement had been essentially the most actively looked for.
“As content developers get better at guarding against piracy, criminals are adapting their methods to access protected content,” stated Steve Ragan, safety researcher at Akamai and creator of the report. “The impact of piracy goes far beyond stolen movies and other content. The real cost is behind the scenes, leading to the loss of livelihood for those who work to create the movies, films, books, and software we all consume and enjoy.”
The report added that there have been over 67 billion TV piracy visits, which is roughly 50 per cent of all pirate website visitors. The publishing class is in second place with 30 billion visits (23 per cent), adopted by movies with 14.5 billion (11 per cent) and music with 10.8 billion (8 per cent). Software piracy closes the ranks with 9 billion visits (7 per cent).
“Working collaboratively to deeply understand the latest trends within piracy’s ever-changing ecosystem is key to forming effective anti-piracy strategies, as opposed to combating piracy in silos,” added James Mason, CTO of MUSO.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
