Wednesday 15 May 2013

BitTorrent study challenges videogame piracy misconceptions



A large-scale analysis of BItTorrent file-sharing of videogames has shown that the number of illicit digital copies is not as high as reported by industry trade organisations.


Anders Drachen from the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University and the PLAIT Lab at Northeastern University as well as Robert Veitch from the Department of IT Management at Copenhagen Business School analysed a the filesharing of some 173 computer games over a three-month period between 2010 and 2011.


By: Olivia Solon, Edited by: Nate Lanxon


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/15/bittorrent-gaming-study

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