Altogether 83% of Europeans claimed to have a very good or rather good understanding of IP, with that proportion being highest in Hungary and Portugal at 92% each, the study found.

When it comes to online pirated content, 54% of Hungarian consumers said it was acceptable to obtain content from the internet illegally for personal use.

This ratio is highest in Slovakia at 58% and lowest in Denmark at 24%.

According to the study, 12% of Europeans admitted to having used illegal sources to watch sports over the past year.

This was least common in Hungary (6%) and most frequent in Bulgaria (21%) and Greece (20%).