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At first this article reads like your typical anti-piracy screed. It rants about how 10x more people watched GoT illegally (confusing them with lost sales) and ends with how downloading movies can get your credit card stolen.

The middle of the article however, destroys the author's case.

Time Warner (owning company of HBO) CEO Alan Bewkes stated in 2013 how becoming the most illegally streamed show in history was “better than an Emmy” and that torrenting ultimately led to more paid subscriptions.

“We’ve been dealing with this for 20, 30 years—people sharing subs, running wires down the backs of apartment buildings. Our experience is that it leads to more paying subs. I think you’re right that Game of Thrones is the most pirated show in the world and that’s better than an Emmy.”

The CEO of Time Warner, who knows more about the finances of his own show than ForeverGeek writer Tom Llewellyn, championed piracy and said that it brought them more subscribers rather than nearly destroying the show as the article claims.

Needless to say, Tom forwent a rebuttal in favor of writing how you can get malware from downloading it...

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[-] ilikemoney@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Oh, it was nearly destroyed due to executive direction and writing

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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

yeah, i torrented the first few seasons and subscribed myself for season 4.

making quality fucking television is how you make money, not by trying and failing to stop piracy.

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[-] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Uh? You mean they didn't profit at all from the insane merchandising? Maybe they need to have a conco or two with George Lukas than, because the GoT merchandise was off the rails

[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yes.. that’s why made so many seasons of the show.. of course..

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

It was supposed to be 10. They crammed the ending into season 8 after they decided they could make more money off some other bullshit that ended up flopping. That's why the writing felt forced and the acting/production was shit and none of S8 made sense.

[-] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure HBO was willing go to for multiple more seasons (why would they not?), but Dumb and Dumber decided to rush the ending.

Just clarifying because it looks like by they you mean HBO.

[-] Opacity9850@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They destroyed themselves faster than the pirates ever could.

[-] Z4rK@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I did pay for all seasons, but we could only get it legally through a horrible HBO Nordic app with insanely poor quality, so yeah I did also put in some effort in watching the series in a little more decent quality, but it’s just weird how low quality all streaming options were.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Hollywood Accounting LOL

[-] roofuskit@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Didn't the FTC just post new rules about sponsored content.

[-] Emu@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I wasn't able to access the show when it was around so I downloaded it. Sadly I also downloaded the last season which the show runners raped

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If it's true that pircay nearly destroyed GoT, that means that we as pirates have power. We're a counter balance against ridiculous payment schemes and arbitrary limiting of content.

[-] verysoft@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Classic bait post. Can we leave this bs on reddit?

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