Percentage of People Reporting Having Downloaded or Accessed Copyright-Protected Content Illegally, by Gender (2013)

Source: Cabrera Blázquez, Francisco Javier, Maja Cappello, Christian Grece and Sophie Valais. Copyright Enforcement Online: Policies and Mechanisms (Strasbourg: European Audiovisual Observatory, 2015)
Topic: Copyright Infringement
Reference year: 2013
Geographical area: European Union
Method: Survey (N=26549)
Link to original document: kreatywna-europa.eu
This segmented column chart shows that respondents aged 15 to 24 years old are more likely than the general population to report having illegally accessed or downloaded copyright-protected content in the last 12 months, and that men are more likely than women to report having done so. European Union refers to EU28. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.