Acquired or Accessed Any Content Type Illegally (2017)

Source: Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam. Global Online Piracy Study (Amsterdam: Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam, 2018)
Topic: Illegal Content
Reference year: 2017
Geographical area: European Union
Method: Survey (N=18578)
Link to original document: www.ivir.nl
The chart shows the percent of respondents that use the internet who acquired or accessed any type of content illegaly over the past year. Respondents from Poland and Spain were the most likely to report having done so among European Union countries. European Union refers to EU28. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020. As a note, the data in the chart covers exclusively the streamripping and pirated copies on physical carriers.