The 2022 study was conducted in the 27 EU member states and follows on from earlier editions of the Intellectual Property and Youth Scoreboard, published in 2016 and 2019. The study is based on a survey questionnaire.
The share of young people accessing music from legal sources in the EU is fairly high according to the 2022 Intellectual Property and Youth Scoreboard. 58 percent of respondents stated that they access music from only or mainly legal legal sources, while only 15 percent say they find music though only or mainly illegal sources. While only 21 percent stated that they access music from a mixture of both legal and illegal sources.
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