According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2024, around 33 percent of respondents stated that they would give up on pirating if the site they were using was to be blocked. Overall, about 56 percent replied that they would give up using pirate sites or use the proper website if they were to get blocked, up from 49 percent in the previous year.
Responses to media piracy countermeasures in South Korea as of September 2024
Includes users that have consumed illegal copies at least once during the surveyed period, even though they might mainly consume media through legal channels.
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Korea Copyright Protection Agency. (January 1, 2025). Responses to media piracy countermeasures in South Korea as of September 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133737/south-korea-response-to-media-piracy-countermeasures/
Korea Copyright Protection Agency. "Responses to media piracy countermeasures in South Korea as of September 2024." Chart. January 1, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133737/south-korea-response-to-media-piracy-countermeasures/
Korea Copyright Protection Agency. (2025). Responses to media piracy countermeasures in South Korea as of September 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133737/south-korea-response-to-media-piracy-countermeasures/
Korea Copyright Protection Agency. "Responses to Media Piracy Countermeasures in South Korea as of September 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133737/south-korea-response-to-media-piracy-countermeasures/
Korea Copyright Protection Agency, Responses to media piracy countermeasures in South Korea as of September 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133737/south-korea-response-to-media-piracy-countermeasures/ (last visited June 08, 2025)
Responses to media piracy countermeasures in South Korea as of September 2024 [Graph], Korea Copyright Protection Agency, January 1, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133737/south-korea-response-to-media-piracy-countermeasures/
