Monday, December 24, 2012  game of torrents  strangely enough, i
think this is good news for people in the entertainment
industry. HBO hasn't made "game of thrones" legally available to
anyone other than HBO subscribers. you can't get it on netflix,
hulu, iTunes, or any other legal download or streaming service
other than HBO's own inhouse service that is only available to
subscribers. which is probably why there is a large demand for
illegally downloaded versions of the episodes. but that also
means that at least some of those illegally downloaded episodes
were only illegally downloaded because no legal alternative
exists. if illegal downloaders were downloading shows willy-
nelly, then the torrents of other popular shows would have
download rates that rival "game of thrones". but they don't. so
that suggests that there are a significant number of people
would prefer to do things legally, even if it costs them money,
and only resort to illegal methods when there aren't
alternatives available that don't involv