The most pirated TV show in the world will probably retain that title for another year now that almost half of Season 5 of Game of Thrones has leaked right before it was set to premiere on HBO.
According to Techcrunch, the first four episodes of the new season started popping up on torrent sites on April 11, a little more than 24 hours before the world premiere on the premium cable network. That's a big chunk considering the whole season only runs 10 episodes.
It's particularly bad for HBO considering they timed the big rollout of their new standalone streaming service, HBO Now, to coincide with the Season 5 premiere, hoping to prevent, or at least slow down, exactly what just happened.
HBO Now lets people who either don't want to or can't subscribe to the cable channel stream Thrones and the rest HBO's (really, really good) content for $14.99 a month.
So who would do such a thing to HBO? Do they have any powerful enemies you can think of, any at all?
