New Season of Game of Thrones Is Pirated to Oblivion |
The premiere of 'Game of Thrones' new season has set a new piracy record: over a million downloads in half a day. After people from all over the globe downloaded a
copy, next morning there were more than 300,000 Bit Torrent users
sharing the new episode simultaneously – both on legal and
less-authorized channels.
Such
a demand even caused a technical trouble for the HBO Go service – it
crashed and was inaccessible for a few hours. This downtime could be the
reason for some to look for illegal copies. Those, of course, were
widely available via dozens of torrent websites soon after the episode
finished. Unlike HBO Go, downloads via Bit Torrent finish faster if there
is an increased interest. And there was, indeed!
Half a day after the new episode appeared on the Internet, more than a
million people have already downloaded a copy via a torrent tracker.
Next morning over 300,000 people were seen actively sharing it.
According to the statistics, the number of downloads is close to the
same as in 2013, but it didn’t set a record for the largest Bit Torrent
swarm. Perhaps, this is because there were multiple copies available,
with the most shared one having about 140,000 people sharing at once. As
usual, the number of downloads is expected to increase: in 2013, Game
of Thrones was recognized as the most pirated TV show for the 2nd time,
and now it is well on its way to securing the title for one more year.
It looks like the most file-sharers origin from Australia (11.6%). It is
followed by the US (9.3%) and the UK (5.8%) – all English-speaking
countries, as you can see. In a week, when the episode is translated and
dubbed in other countries, the numbers might change.
In the meantime, Australia with its first place is all the more
impressive with its population of only 22 million people – relatively
small compared to the other 2 countries. The main question, as usual,
would be why people choose illegal version. And the answers are all the
same: sometimes there’s no legitimate alternative, due to licensing or
technical troubles like those suffered yesterday by HBO Go. Sometimes,
the legal options are too limited, restrictive, or just expensive. In
addition, for some people using Bit Torrent has become a habit, despite
having the legal alternatives.
Thanks to Torrent Freak for providing the source of the article
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