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SO IT SEEMS that Game of Thrones fans really, really like watching the show illegally.
For the second year in a row, the HBO gold mine held onto its title as the most pirated show in recent months, according to torrent blog TorrentFreak.
Nearly as many viewers downloaded it on the file-sharing site BitTorrent as watch it on television – three times the amount garnered by several of the programmes further down TorrentFreak’s top 10 list.
The season three premiere was downloaded by a record-breaking 5.2 million people, showing a 25 per cent increase compared to last year.
When director David Petrarca was asked about the unprecedented piracy ratings earlier this year, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Petrarca said illegal downloads don’t matter because the show capitalises on ‘cultural buzz.’
“That’s how they survive,” Petrarca said.
The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother round out the TorrentFreak list’s top three, with 2.9 million and 2.85 million downloads, respectively.
Here’s the views per single episode.
Most downloaded tv shows on BitTorrent – Spring 2013
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Nearly got 10/10 very close got 4 right!
@Daniel Kelly: I always get 10 on the second go.
@P. V. Aglue: I’ll try that but it may take a few attempts.
@Daniel Kelly: closer encounter needed.
ET question did for me. M+Ms in the book. Reeses in the film
@Raymond Dennehy: thought they were skittles… just watched it with kids t’other day
Get to the chopppaaa
1st 10 out 10 in a while
Whose wasting their life now?
10/10
@Derek Gannon: well done Derek. When will we send the bag of Reece’s pieces.
@reg morrisey: ill take the “hit by a meteorite” please
Batteries Not Included! Totally forgot about it…loved it as a kid.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend… 7 out of 10 my best score to date, omg how sad lol
2/10. Rubbish quiz. Needs questions on ALF, Blake’s 7, and Dr Who.
Ok.
9 out of ten. Not bad.
Opening scene from The Thing is superb. Carpenter is a brilliant and unique director
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