The Hill News

Parasitic innovation online by rogue websites is beginning to abate after a decade of civil litigation. 

Parasitic innovationâ€"the science of innovative free ridingâ€"not only harms the innovators whose works are being ripped off, it also harms the economy as a whole. 

Many rogue sites are among the top websites in the world, some are in the top 100 on Alexa. Rogue sites prey upon consumers who usually don’t know they are being sold counterfeit pharmaceuticals, fake consumer goods, or illegal copies of music and movies.

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