Game of Thrones Sets New Piracy Record, Australia Still World Champion

by veya_victaous Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:10 am

http://torrentfreak.com/game-of-thrones-premiere-triggers-piracy-craze-140407/

In addition to the downloads, we also looked at the countries people were sharing from. A sample of 18,333 IP-addresses collected over the day shows that Australia takes the crown with 11.6% of the total. The United States is a good second with 9.3%, followed by the United Kingdom with 5.8%.

The number one spot for Australia is all the more impressive since it has a population of just over 22 million people, relatively small compared to the other two countries. Looking at the city level we see that most downloads come from Melbourne, before Athens and Sydney.

So, why are all these people pirating Game of Thrones?

As always, there are many reasons why people may choose torrents or other pirate sources. In some cases there is simply no legal alternative, because of licensing issues for example, or due to technical troubles such as those suffered yesterday by HBO Go. In other cases the legal options are too limited, restrictive, or expensive.

by Ben Reilly Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:45 pm

It just makes sense that if people want to see a show and there's no way to see it at a good price, they're going to pirate it. In the current market, if a content creator can't figure out how to deliver their product it's their fault.

In the U.S. we can get GOT through Amazon Prime for $3 per episode with discounts if you buy the whole season. That's not too bad, but I doubt it's available worldwide.

I've been seriously contemplating turning to piracy to watch Homeland season 3, which wrapped in mid-December and is still not available any other way -- and I did plunk down around $50 to legally own the first two seasons.

by veya_victaous Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:31 am

@ben
here no pirate, means you have to pay about $100 a month for the Full cable TV service.

by Ben Reilly Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:35 am

veya_victaous wrote:@ben
here no pirate, means you have to pay about $100 a month for the Full cable TV service.

Is it like here, where for that whopping sum you get about 200-500 channels of "reality" bullshit?

by veya_victaous Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:50 am

you only get about 80 channels but about 20 are just showing one of the other channels 2 hours later. and yes it is the same 'reality' rubbish as you get there.

by Lone Wolf Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:02 am

I wouldn't pay a penny for the rubbish and poor services that pay-TV services offer, at the moment...

AS for "Game of Thrones", I won a copy of the 'First Season' DVDs from the local newspaper down here, more than a year ago now ~ and still haven't finished watching that one yet !

I can't be bothered "pirating" movies and TV series around here, as my internet connection is too shaky and unreliable to waste time on it..

ANY rate, by the time I'm ready to buy Seasons II and III, their prices will hopefully have dropped way down ! cheers

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