Over the five years since the survey of just under 2500 people began,the proportion of audiences getting their TV,movies,music and games online has steadily risen from 65 per cent to 80 per cent,with streaming the preferred method for most.
Communications Minister Paul Fletcher attributed the reduction in piracy to the rise of streaming platforms,enabled by the rollout the National Broadband Network.
"It is pleasing to see Australians increasingly turn to legitimately-sourced content,"Mr Fletcher said in a statement."It is widely accessible and reasonably priced,which supports the continued growth and success of our creative industries."
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Marc C-Scott,a senior lecturer in media at Victoria University,said he did not believe the NBN played a significant role as it lets users to pirate content at the same speed as streaming legitimate material.
"The key reason why people have been pirating in Australia,it's all about content. It's not about the NBN,"Dr C-Scott said."I can't see the NBN being the golden bullet in this scenario."
YouTube,Spotify and iTunes were the top music services while Australians preferred Netflix,YouTube and Stan for movies,the survey found. This was the same as in 2018.