ABSTRACT
HADOPI is the name of the former administrative agency created to monitor peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and manages the "three-strikes" sanction addressed at pirates. This ad hoc authority is part of a law named "Creation and Internet" which aims at promoting and protecting creative works on the Internet. In the survey, Internet users were asked to evaluate the probability for someone who illegally downloads on the Internet of being caught by HADOPI. Young generations are more comfortable with digital devices that lower the cost of sharing; they also have a dense social life which promotes opportunities to share digital files through social contagion. The positive and significant sign of the variable fraud shows that sharing behaviours can be associated with a certain tolerance towards illegal behaviours. The chapter proposes a simple empirical test to evaluate how HADOPI reinforces a parallel and unmonitored offline swapping network where cultural and music goods are exchanged.
