Reuters, 10/03 15:19 CET
Madrid, March 10 ( EFE ) .- The digital piracy breaks records in Spain, where 87.94% of all digital content they consumed in 2014 were illegal, compared to 84% last year.
According to the report of the Observatory of Piracy and Consumption Habits of Digital Content that includes first data on piracy of television series and football matches, there were 4.455 million illegal accesses to content worth 23.265 million euros, resulting in a loss of profit of 1,700 million euros.
The study by the consulting firm Gfk at the request of the Coalition Creators and Professional Football League reveals that only 40% of all access to contents were legal, and consumers who entered illegally increased from 51 to 58% compared to 2013.
Other data developers of the study is that more than 71% of websites with illegal content are funded by advertising, of which nearly 70% are betting sites and online games as well as the 99.4 use Google to access this content .
In terms of industries, music has been a small decrease going from 1.974 million to 1.831 million content, representing a decrease of 27% in 2013 to 21% in 2014. However , on the value of these download has increased 6.067 million euros to 6.773 million since there are fewer users but are most active.
The value of the music industry without piracy, both physical and digital would rise from 171 million today to 581 million euros a scenario without piracy.
The number of films that were accessed illegally last year was 877 million, whose market value is 6.139 million euros. The industry will rise from 673 million euros current value to 1.244 million without piracy.
A television series 25% accessed illegally, totaling 1,033 million Chapters reproduced or downloaded illegally. Its market value is 1,755 million euros.
In 2014 counted 335 million illegal access to books online, with a market value of 2,680 million euros, while in regard video games were illegitimate 240 million accesses, a value reached 5,409 million euros.
During that period were visualized illegally a total of 139 million football matches over 1.8 million Spanish households. The market value of these retransmissions exceeds 509 million euros.
Another data highlighted in the report is that, in a sector which currently employs 62,652 direct employees, a scenario without piracy would create 29,360 new direct jobs. The State leave to enter a total of 627.8 million euros due to illegal access to contents.
The reasons why are pirates are different, although 61% of respondents considered who do not pay for content if they can access it without cost, while 51% argued that already pay for your Internet connection and 46% justified this practice in its speed and ease of access.
The reasons why football pirates are different and that 72% say they access other systems is very expensive and 68% is justified in that the players already earn much money.
Ignacio Martínez Trujillo of the Professional Football League, recalled that football is a big industry and more global, “and represents 0.8 GDP in Spain”, and was ” extremely concerned “about the figures reveals the report.
” In other countries there are many ways to protect yourself and we have no legal protection. One in five Internet users consume bootleg football, a practice that was the main challenge we have to solve because if we can not go through difficult times. We we’re playing the life of our industry, “he said.
Carlota Navarrete, director of the Coalition lamented that not this giving a strong message that they are violating rights and defended once again blocking illegal sites “that works very well in other countries.”
It demanded the effort for more than a decade been doing industries “that we have been very unfairly treated” by the government, which together political forces, has an obligation to ensure that their rights are respected.
Navarrete said he did not feel supported and hoped to reform of the Penal Code.
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