Report - Hadopi's international monitoring 2019

Hadopi publishes an international monitoring report on the various schemes in place abroad to fight piracy and counterfeiting. Given the scope of the information gathered and the developments observed, this year's report is the subject of a dedicated publication.

Conducted by Hadopi's Legal Affairs Office, the watch focused on the study of 23 countries, chosen for the originality, exemplarity and effectiveness of the measures adopted to fight piracy and counterfeiting.

Each country is the subject of a dedicated fact sheet, setting out the various schemes in place, depending on whether they target Internet users or those involved in commercial counterfeiting.

In the case of schemes aimed at Internet users, public policies and stakeholders combine actions to promote legal supplies and communication to the general public with more targeted schemes. The latter can take the form of demands for compensation from Internet users, or warnings with or without legal sanctions.

At the same time, and in view of the multi-faceted development of commercial counterfeiting on an international scale, we are witnessing a diversification of enforcement strategies. Thus, at the same time as civil and criminal proceedings are being taken directly against illegal websites, new initiatives are being launched to mobilize as many industry stakeholders as possible to reduce the profits and visibility of massively infringing websites.