Music piracy by internet users and Gen Z consumers worldwide 2019, by method

According to a global study held in 2019, 23 percent of respondents aged between 16 and 64 years old got their music via stream ripping. Stream ripping is the most common form of online music copyright infringement and involves creating a file from online content which is then downloadable, and 34 percent of Gen Z internet users admitting to using this method to access music illegally. Copyright infringement was also a more common practice among Gen Z consumers than total internet user, with 38 percent getting their music this way compared to 27 percent of the total sample.

根据2019年的一项全球研究，16至64岁受访者中有23%通过流媒体抓取获取音乐。流媒体抓取是网络音乐版权侵权的最常见形式，涉及从在线内容中创建一个可下载的文件，有34%的Z世代互联网用户承认使用此方法非法访问音乐。与总互联网用户相比，版权侵权在Z世代消费者中更为普遍，有38%的人通过这种方式获取音乐，而总样本中这一比例为27%。