14% of Portuguese pay to access illegal content online – Internet

conclusions from Study entitled “European Citizens and Intellectual Property: Perception, Consciousness and Behaviour”, released today by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Which included 25,824 interviews in 27 member states (including 1,020 in Portugal), between January 30 and February 15.

at the European level, The percentage of the population who paid in the 12 months prior to the survey to access content illegally was equal to, with 14% admitting to doing so. On the other hand, 80% of respondents at the European level said that they would prefer to “use legal sources to access online content rather than choose an illegal alternative, if the legal option is available at reasonable prices”.

Among the good practices the study analyzed, 38% of Portuguese asked whether access to a platform was legal or not (31% at the European level) f 36% sought to know the legitimacy of the source they accessed to consume content (27% at the European level).

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The main reason for the Portuguese not to download content from illegal sources was related to the consequences for “musicians, writers, artists and creators”.with 53% justifying stopping these practices in Portugal – compared to 40% in Europe.

Reasonable prices and availability in legal ways were responsible, respectively, for 21% and 16% of Portuguese and 27% and 44% of Europeans no longer illegal downloads.

About 92% of the Portuguese admitted to understanding the expression “intellectual property” in a good or very good way, being the country with the best score in this indicatoralong with Hungary, for an average comprehension of 83% in 27.

Among the main beneficiaries of intellectual property protection, 62% of Portuguese and 54% of Europeans referred to performers.such as musicians, singers or actors, followed by creators of artistic content (photographers, sculptors, painters, authors, writers and directors), at 54% in Portugal and 52% in the European Union.

Inventors complete the platform, with 36% of Portuguese and 38% of EU citizens considering them to be among the main beneficiaries.

As for the effects of buying counterfeit products, 84% of Portuguese and 83% of Europeans see them as supporting immoral behaviour.81% of Portuguese and 80% of Europeans say it supports criminal organizations and 80% of Portuguese and 78% of Europeans think it disrupts businesses and jobs.

like him, 11% of Portuguese said they had purchased counterfeit items in the 12 months prior to the surveydown from 13% at the European level.

Among the main reasons for doing so, at the national level, 43% said they understand the harm caused by indigenous producers, 36% indicated they would support criminal organizations, and 32% indicated the risk of exposure to security. Problems or health with these products, compared to 33%, 36% and 34%, respectively, at the European level.