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And 10% said no.
I'd rather not say.
So let's add those two up.
That's 24%.
So maybe one in four at this point.
So maybe more than 400,000 households.
The second question asked was, do you intend to get a dodgy box at any time in the future?
And under half, 49% said they would not.
So
The majority left it, said they would, or they left it open.
And then most importantly, or most tellingly, in terms of the attitudes towards dodgy boxes in Ireland, they were asked, do you think that people who own dodgy boxes or use them should be fined or prosecuted?
And 65% said no.
So when we talk about dodgy boxes and people who own them and what's to be done about them, particularly sports rights bodies and broadcasters like Sky or the GA or the FAI or Clubber, which is now owned by Media House, which owns this podcast.
Um, that's the context that we're talking about.
It's not seen as being, um, a significant criminal offense.
It's not seeing, it's not even seen as something that's particularly wrong, even though it is a crime in Ireland.
And just to be clear about this, the copyright act 2000, um,
says that it is a crime to possess or use a copyright protection device, which we call dodgy boxes.
But most people don't agree with that.
And the guards won't enforce it against end users at the moment because there isn't an easy way to do that.