Game of Thrones Piracy Reaches Record High
Illegal downloading of Game of Thrones has reached a record high in season five, despite HBO's new streaming service. According to Entertainment Weekly, the season five premiere was illegally downloaded 13 million times, a new record for the series. Of those downloads, 10 were from the U.S. more than from any other country. One estimate found that piracy of the premiere episode cost 44 million in lost U.S. revenue, EW reports. But the show's legal viewership is also at an all-time high the season five premiere had a record 8 million live viewers on HBO. Read more at EW.com