According to an article I read on www.torrentfreak.com, the wide-scale piracy of the popular HBO show Game of Thrones doesn't hurt HBO financially. In fact, it helps. According to the director of the show, David Petrarca, "shows like Game of Thrones thrive on “cultural buzz” and benefit from the social commentary they generate. Piracy, he said, helps to oil those wheels, [...] 'I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts,' HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told EW. '[Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network.'" (See link at bottom).
What is your opinion on this? Do you think piracy of TV shows is okay?
http://torrentfreak.com/hbo-game-of-thrones-piracy-is-a-compliment-doesnt-hurt-sales-130401/
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