January 12, 2022
The Building Respect for IP Division has published Copyright Infringement and the Availability of Licensed Audiovisual Content in the English-speaking Caribbean, a study on the relationship between the availability of licensed English-language programming and the demand for film and television content from unlicensed sources.
The study, prepared by Mr. Olivier Dock of Whitebench consultancy, describes a complex set of factors which have affected the historic growth of unlicensed consumption of audiovisual entertainment. It is hoped that his analysis will be of value to both policy-makers and commercial operators in the region.