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43%

43% -- paid legal content access rate for European consumers (2025)

2025  · European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

43% of European consumers paid to access, download, or stream copyright-protected content from a legal service in the past year.

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43%
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2025
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European consumers
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European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Primary Tier A
https://trademarklawyermagazine.com/euipo-reports-half-of-young-consumers-find-it-acceptable-to-buy-… ↗
Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Half of young consumers find it acceptable to buy fakes
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European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) · Original study ↗

EUIPO EU-wide IP perception survey

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European consumers: 43% paid legal content access rate. Source: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/europeans-paid-legal-content-2025
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