Ough dikke tegenslag voor HBO, want aankomende nacht begint Game of Thrones aan zijn vijfde seizoen, en zijn nu de eerste vier afleveringen al online via de bekende kanalen te downloaden. De kwaliteit is in SD en als ik de berichten moet geloven is dit prima te kijken. De website Torrentfreak heeft er een artikel over geschreven en daar van kan je hier onder alvast een stukje lezen.

Starting a few hours ago several episodes of the new Game of Thrones season started to appear online.

The copies were first spotted on the private torrent tracker IPT, but they soon made their way to more public sites such as The Pirate Bay, RARBG and KickassTorrents.

At the time of writing the first four episodes of the new season have been posted online. One source informs TF that the leak most likely originates from review copies sent to the press.

The leaks are a huge blow to HBO. In an effort to decrease piracy the company worked hard to ensure that the fifth season of Game of Thrones would premiere in 170 countries simultaneously.

Today, however, pirates have scooped up the exclusive, releasing four episodes worldwide.

While it came unexpected, many Game of Thrones fans have already spotted the early leak. During the first three hours the episodes were downloaded more than 100,000 times and this number is expected to increase to more than a million later today.