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HBO Says Game of Thrones Piracy Is "a Compliment"

Posted by samzenpus on 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"

2 of 447 comments (clear)

  1. Word of Mouth by Mystakaphoros · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Honestly, if it weren't for downloading, I don't think I would have even heard of the show.

  2. Buy HBO content on iTunes by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd sign up for HBO if there was a way to do so without paying my cable provider

    That's why I buy Game of Thrones on iTunes. HBO gets money, and morally I am justified in downloading shows before they are released on iTunes.

    It's a more direct form of donation as I don't really watch the other HBO content at this time. If they ever did unleash HBO GO to anyone that wanted to pay for it I might subscribe that way.

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