This statistic displays factors discouraging illegal digital content consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2018, according to illegal content consumers. Among respondents, the most commonly cited discouraging factors to illegal content consumption were "if legal services were cheaper" and "if it was clearer what is legal and what is not", with 22 and 21 percent of respondents giving these answers.
Which of the following do you think would make you stop downloading or streaming files illegally?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
If legal services were cheaper
22%
If it was clearer what is legal and what isn’t
21%
If everything I wanted was available legally
18%
If everything I wanted was available legally online as soon as it was released elsewhere
18%
If I thought I might be caught
14%
If legal services were better
13%
If I thought I might be sued
13%
If legal services were more convenient / flexible
13%
If my ISP sent me a letter saying they would suspend my internet access
12%
If everyone else stopped doing it
12%
If I knew where to go to see whether something was legal or not
11%
If there were articles in the media about people being caught
11%
If a subscription service I was interested in became available
11%
Nothing would make me stop
10%
If my ISP sent me a letter informing me that my account had been used to infringe
8%
If my ISP sent me a letter saying they would restrict my internet speed
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Intellectual Property Office (UK), & Kantar. (July 4, 2018). Which of the following do you think would make you stop downloading or streaming files illegally? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291696/factors-discouraging-illegal-digital-content-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), und Kantar. "Which of the following do you think would make you stop downloading or streaming files illegally?." Chart. July 4, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291696/factors-discouraging-illegal-digital-content-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), Kantar. (2018). Which of the following do you think would make you stop downloading or streaming files illegally?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291696/factors-discouraging-illegal-digital-content-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), and Kantar. "Which of The following Do You Think Would Make You Stop Downloading or Streaming Files Illegally?." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jul 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291696/factors-discouraging-illegal-digital-content-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
Intellectual Property Office (UK) & Kantar, Which of the following do you think would make you stop downloading or streaming files illegally? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291696/factors-discouraging-illegal-digital-content-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/ (last visited November 19, 2024)
Which of the following do you think would make you stop downloading or streaming files illegally? [Graph], Intellectual Property Office (UK), & Kantar, July 4, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291696/factors-discouraging-illegal-digital-content-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
