E-Piracy: The High Cost of Stolen Books

Lost book sales can’t be quantified, making it impossible to calculate e-piracy’s full economic impact. But the sheer number of illegal copies available for download gives an idea of the scope. It translates into a staggering a…

Online Video-Game Pirates Are Outgunning the Publishers

At least 5.2 million copies of Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Black Ops were illegally downloaded between its Nov. 9 release and the end of 2010. All told, more than 19 million people illegally downloaded five of the top-s…