International fans of Game of Thrones have been so eager to see the new series that they have broken piracy
records by downloading theseason premiere in their thousands 24 hours after
it aired on HBO. Hundreds of thousands of people have gone online to find an illegal copy of the programme, known as a torrent, to download and watch on a computer. Pirates in America made up 12.9% of
the total, the largest share. Fans in the UK come a close second with an 11.5% share, and London was the top city for piracy, taking 4.3%.
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