What is the scope of the Anti-Piracy Program?
The ESA’s Anti-Piracy Program is designed to combat entertainment software piracy in the United States and certain countries around the world. Global piracy is estimated to have cost the U.S. entertainment software industry over $3.0 billion in 2007, not including losses attributable to Internet piracy. ESA anti-piracy efforts include: investigations and civil litigation against individuals and companies engaged in pirate activities; monitoring and enforcement against online piracy; supporting investigations and prosecutions of game software pirates by law enforcement officials and government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as well as foreign enforcement bodies; and training and educating customs agents and law enforcement officials in the United States and a number of countries overseas.
