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UK consumers give boost to legal downloading
new survey from the UK's
Intellectual Property Office
(IPO) highlighted 62% of
Internet users in the UK have
downloaded or streamed music, TV
shows, films, computer software,
videogames or e-books. This is up from
56% in 2013. The survey showed that
there was a 10% increase in UK
consumers accessing content through
legal services. One in five consumers
still access some content illegally.
The survey was published in parallel with
research in Australia and shows that while
British and Australian users consumed online
media at similar rates, illegal downloading for
UK consumers was half the rate of their
Australian counterparts.
Key findings from the UK survey show
that:
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Music
l 15.6m UK Internet users accessed music
online. 12m users streamed music and
10.5m users downloaded music. 16-24
year-olds were the most active in music
downloads
l YouTube, Amazon and Spotify were the
top platforms used for downloading and
streaming with 54% of all music streaming
and downloads were accessed via YouTube
l 26% of users hav