17% of Aussie consumers encountered a blocked site in the previous three months.

Six out of ten “simply gave up” trying to access any content at all, regardless of the source. Of the remainder, 16% bypassed the block, 14% sought lawful access to the content, while a persistent 6% persevered hoping they could find another pirate site that rightsholders had not yet blocked.

The other 83% encountered no blocks as they used public DNS or a VPN