Nobody denies that piracy is a problem, in fact it is an area in which a lot of work has been done in the last decade and it has been significantly reduced compared to data from previous years. And the official platforms discovered that users were willing to pay for content, as long as they offer a reasonable price.
In fact, the report from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that has discovered this data, indicates that the increase in piracy levels is related to further increases in income inequality and a larger youth population.
The study ‘Online copyright infringement in the European Union: Film, Music, Publications, Software and TV, 2017-2023’, calculates piracy by tracking the number of times internet users aged 15 and 74 years old access illegal content every month.
The EUIPO document, which reveals that Online piracy remains at high levels throughout the European Unionwith 10 accesses per Internet user, confirms that television content represents half of European Internet users’ access to pirated content (5 times a month).
In the case of Spain, Our country is the fourth in Europe with the least monthly access to illicit content on the Internet, with 8.5 access while the European average is 10.3. In terms of general piracy, internet users who access illicit content at rates lower than the EU average come from Austria (8.9), Spain (8.5), Poland (8.3), Romania (7 .9), Germany (7.7) and Italy (7.3), according to the study.
The document reveals that streaming is the most common method to access pirated content. Likewise, it indicates the preference among Internet users for accessing pirated music and publications. via mobile devices. However, users are more likely to use their desktop computers to access illegal television content.
Types of pirated content
On the other hand, the study identifies trends in different types of content. So, film piracy was reduced to 0.71 accesses per user, mainly through streaming, which constitutes 74 percent of said activity.
As for the music piracythis sector increased slightly to 0.64 accesses per userwith the downloading of streaming content as the most frequent method and manga the most pirated content, mainly on mobile devices. Software piracy grew by six percent (with 0.88 accesses per user/month), with mobile games as the most pirated category.
In the case of live sporting events, piracy increased during the period 2021-2023 and closed last year with 0.56 accesses per user.
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