Nearly 12 million Internet users illicitly consumed audiovisual and sports content in 2019, the shortfall for these sectors amounting to 1.03 billion euros, according to an unprecedented study unveiled on Wednesday by Hadopi.
Entrusted to the consulting firm PMP and based on data collected by Médiamétrie from more than 2,500 Internet users in January 2020, this survey assesses the losses caused by piracy on the various legal offers in the audiovisual and sports sectors.
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Sale of DVD and Blu-ray, movie theaters, subscription video service, pay channels, advertising revenue, sports tickets ... Exceeding one billion euros, the shortfall represents a total of 9% of a market of 11.6 billion.
While the most affected operating methods are physical sales (310 million euros) and the sale of pay-TV subscriptions (260 million euros), public finances are deprived of more than 320 million euros. euros in tax revenue (VAT, social and employer contributions, corporate and income tax), according to the study.
Piracy also represents a potential destruction of 2,650 jobs for the sectors concerned, "
already very weakened by the effects of the health crisis
", as Denis Rapone, the president of the High Authority for
Health
, recalled during a videoconference. dissemination of works and protection of rights on the internet (Hadopi).
If "
certain pirating practices have drastically decreased
" since 2009 and the creation of Hadopi, notably downloading via peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, others "
such as streaming and direct downloading remain important
" or are experiencing "
significant progress
," added Denis Repone.
He thus cites the use of “
illicit IPTV
” (low-cost access to channels from all over the world via a box or an application) and “
live viewing
”.
“
Thus, 11.8 million Internet users on average
” engage in these practices “
every month
”.
They were even "
13.6 million
" in March, the confinement having "
amplified the phenomenon
", said Denis Repone.
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In this context, Hadopi calls "
ardently
" the "
resumption of the examination
" of the anti-piracy provisions provided for by the audiovisual reform, the first version of which has been abandoned, the health crisis having upset the schedule. parliamentary.
This text provided in particular for a merger of the CSA and Hadopi within a new regulatory authority called Arcom.
