Season 5 of Game Of Thrones leaked online.
In a bid to combat piracy, HBO was scheduled to release the latest Game Of Thrones season simultaneously across the globe.
This has been thwarted somewhat by the first 4 episodes being "leaked" online.
Game of Thrones season 5 leak topples HBO's house of cards, exposes weakness of drip-feed TV
(Caution - the article has an autoplay video embedded in it of the GOT S5 trailer).
As the article points out, it illustrates the redundancy of the old-fashioned "drip feed" method of airing TV shows, ie one episode a week . Netflix's House Of Cards overcame this now flawed business model by releasing the whole series in one hit. However, even that is not without its faults as the latest series was accidentally released a month earlier than scheduled.
All of this is an updated version of what has been going on since at least the 1980's. I used to get sent VHS copies of TV shows that weren't going to be shown on Australian TV for up to a year after they aired in the UK. It's just the speed that it happens now has caught them with their pants down.
Personally I think this is a trap. The episodes were leaked deliberately so that the leaker(s) can be identified and caught. I could be wrong, but it wouldn't surprise me.
This has been thwarted somewhat by the first 4 episodes being "leaked" online.
Game of Thrones season 5 leak topples HBO's house of cards, exposes weakness of drip-feed TV
(Caution - the article has an autoplay video embedded in it of the GOT S5 trailer).
As the article points out, it illustrates the redundancy of the old-fashioned "drip feed" method of airing TV shows, ie one episode a week . Netflix's House Of Cards overcame this now flawed business model by releasing the whole series in one hit. However, even that is not without its faults as the latest series was accidentally released a month earlier than scheduled.
All of this is an updated version of what has been going on since at least the 1980's. I used to get sent VHS copies of TV shows that weren't going to be shown on Australian TV for up to a year after they aired in the UK. It's just the speed that it happens now has caught them with their pants down.
Personally I think this is a trap. The episodes were leaked deliberately so that the leaker(s) can be identified and caught. I could be wrong, but it wouldn't surprise me.
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. -- Mark Twain
Raising a child is akin to knowing you're getting fired in 18 years and having to train your replacement without actively sabotaging them.
Raising a child is akin to knowing you're getting fired in 18 years and having to train your replacement without actively sabotaging them.
Raising a child is akin to knowing you're getting fired in 18 years and having to train your replacement without actively sabotaging them.
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. -- Mark Twain