Due to the development of technology and the lack of concept and perception on intellectual property right, internet infringement has become one of the most serious problems in the anti-piracy work encountered by the government. Up till now, internet downloading of music and movies is still regarded as an infringement act and is subjected to lawsuit. The purpose of our research is to study how this kind of infringement act affects the music CD and visual DVD piracy rates of Taiwan. Our empirical results indicate that the average piracy rate of internet music/movies downloaders is significant higher than that of those not downloading; The internet downloader has a significant lower proportion on the protection and perception of intellectual property right than those not downloading. Furthermore, due to the popularity of CD and DVD burners and the strong mop-up operation by the authority, the channels of obtaining pirated music CD and visual DVD apparently have a1readybeen transferred from the traditiona1 night-market, computer mall, etc. into the internet which are much more difficult for the authority to ban. This research a1sofinds that the internet infringement has a1readybecome the main source of the pirated music CD and visual DVD ,and since the perception of general public towards internet infringement is still very weak ,the relevant government authority should prepare in advance and propose effective methods to prevent the internet infringement from getting worse or even being uncontrollable.