HBO Says Game of Thrones Piracy Is "a Compliment"

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HBO Says Game of Thrones Piracy Is "a Compliment"

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 31, 2013 @05:01AM from the piracy-is-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HBO programming president Michael Lombardo not only says that illegal downloading of Game of Thrones isn't hurting the show, but goes so far as to say it's 'a compliment' and worries about the image quality of pirated copies"

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An ideea by tracius01 · 2013-03-31 05:05 · Score: 5, Funny

HBO should put top quality torrents on TPB
A letter to HBO by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-31 05:08 · Score: 2, Funny

Dear Michael Lombardo,
I watch pirated copies of the show in 1080p, the quality is just fine.
Thank you,
AC
Re:Funny that... by war4peace · 2013-03-31 05:18 · Score: 5, Funny

A 400 MB file? Crappy quality. That's why you received the notification: "stop sharing shitty quality episodes!"

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Re:Word of Mouth by mooingyak · 2013-03-31 05:28 · Score: 3, Funny

Honestly, if it weren't for downloading, I don't think I would have even heard of the show.
Because you live in a cave and rarely interact with the other bipedal creatures?
I'm not saying everyone should have seen it or even want to have seen it. But to not even hear of it takes a great deal of effort.

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Re:They are showing the full S2 on of the free tra by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-31 05:52 · Score: 4, Funny

It's not a free trial, it's a free trail. You need to go on Route 66, and make a LEFT turn at Albuquerque.
Otherwise you end up watching Honey-Boo-Boo.
Re:No shit by OrangeTide · 2013-03-31 06:01 · Score: 4, Funny

Wait. you mean that scale matters? And that you can have too much of a good thing? Say it ain't so!
Why can't we go back to the good old days when everything was black and white? These varying shades of grey make it hard to use boolean logic in my online debates.

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