Collect and upgrade characters from the TV show. MalwareBytes researcher Jerome Segura says the hard-working Magnitude exploit kit authors were able to target pirates after they bought. Take command of the Nights Watch and defend the Wall in this epic Game of Thrones officially licensed RPG. If they can’t get it instantly by legal means, they’ll get it instantly by illegal means. Scores of Game of Thrones pirates may have had computers encrypted by ransomware after malvertisers served the dangerous malware through the Pirate Bay during the mega-series' season six premire last weekend.
Yes, they could simply wait for the DVD to be released but they don’t because they want it while everyone else is watching it. Web downloads accounted for just 12.2 percent and public torrents - from websites like The Pirate Bay - were responsible for another 10.8 percent. Season 2 is mostly based on A Clash of Kings, the second. Weiss returned as executive producers and showrunners. Season 2 has a budget 15 higher than Season 1, putting it in the region of 69 million. Personally, I think one of the biggest issues with piracy of this kind is people want the content immediately. The second season of Game of Thrones consists of ten episodes and began filming on Jand wrapped on December 12, 2011. There’s also some who just want the episode available digitally on their computers but still pay for HBO and buy the discs and international users who have different issues altogether. A good number of people said they never would have gotten into the show if they hadn’t pirated it first but actually wound up purchasing the DVD after the fact.
Forbes pointed to a Game of Thrones reddit thread where users who have pirated the show, discussed why they did it. It’s interesting to hear the types of reasoning people have for this type of behavior too. We’ve heard a lot of people have been dropping cable in favor of things like Hulu but just because you choose not to access what’s available to you doesn’t make stealing ok. People making the decision not to wait for the show to come to DVD or pay for the privilege to have it in their home. Should we be blaming them for people stealing their content? No. Would it be nice if HBO came up with a legal online viewing option for their network’s properties? Something you didn’t actually have to have cable for but could pay to watch elsewhere? Yes.