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Originally Posted by Azure
If anything, the fact that people could download Game of Thrones illegally probably drove interest in the show to new heights.
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That may be, but either the downloaders were HBO subscribers, and so already paid money to get access to the show, or they weren't, in which case I doubt that the majority of them paid for a streaming service or for the DVD release (which would be the only other way to pay). As a result, they were fans for a show that they paid nothing for. Easy to be a fan like that.
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Originally Posted by Azure
If you look everywhere for a way to 'pay' to watch/buy the show, but you can't find anything, HBO technically doesn't lose any money if you download it illegally. If anything it is their fault for not offering a way for people to pay to watch it online.
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HBO does lose money if you consider that such people could have waited and purchased the show when it became available. As I said above, I doubt the majority of the downloaders actually paid any money for the show.
Blaming HBO is a bit backwards too - sure, they didn't provide timely access. But really, it's their show, they can do what they want. Is it really someone's right to watch a show?