432,000,000 - Internet pirates in the world
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Today, 18 September 2013 15:16
The number of Internet users who download pirated content from the Internet, reaching 432 million worldwide, according to a survey of NetNames, conducted in January 2013 Pirates in Europe, Asia and the Americas account for 327 million, ie one in four Internet users in these regions appears contrary
. Last year, consumers in the following regions are generated per month in 9567 petabytes pirate traffic, which is 160% more than in 2010, says TorrentFreak, quoted by Money.bg. absolute leader in pirated traffic protocol BitTorrent - which consumers have passed 6692 petabytes of data per month, or almost 250% more than in 2010 following sites stream video transmission - generated their traffic has grown by 472% in two years, reaching 1,527 petabytes per month. Meanwhile NetNames register reducing the volume of pirated content , removable by users sharing sites files.
In 2012, traffic from these resources was 338 petabytes per month, which is 57% less compared to 2010 and decreased the number of users who distribute and download pirated material from the site file-sharing. The decline of 8% from November 2011 to January 2013 is explained by the closure of the largest such resource - Megaupload. Meanwhile, users of BitTorrent and streaming sites have grown in a year and a half by 27 and 22 percent.
