'Game of Thrones' Season Finale Breaks Piracy Record, Says Tracker

Sunday's season finale of Game of Thrones set a new piracy record, with 1.5 million downloads in eight hours, said piracy news site Torrentfreak, citing data from Demonii Tracker Project. That number was expected to surge to over 10 million over the coming days, it said. The episode also broke the all-time record for the number of people sharing a single file at the same time, which was 224,367 at first post, updated to 258,131 later in the evening. The lower quality 480p copies of the show were “by far” the most popular among downloaders, followed by 720p and 1080p copies, it said. Game of Thrones pirates come from all over the world, but the show is particularly popular in the U.S., UK, Canada and India, it said.