American ambassador is tired of pirates.
Fantasy series Game of Thrones has become a huge success for HBO, with millions of dedicated fans worldwide. As we wrote about both last year and earlier this month, the popularity also made the series a favorite object download for pirates.
Not everyone has taken the omfatttende download as serious. HBO even looking at it all as a compliment, and director of the series, David Petrarca, has said that piracy actually helps the series because of the advertising effect occurs.
– Stealing is stealing
However, there are others who are annoyed that large crowds of people downloading the lavish television series over a low shoe. In connection with the celebration of the United Nations’ World Book and Copyright Day, “which among other things aims to promote copyrights, take U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich speak out.
Ambassador Jeffrey L. Bleich believes Download of Game of Thrones is doing ok. Photo: Wikipedia Commons Bleich pointed to statistics from the website TorrentFreak, which says that Australia is among the worst offenders when it comes to downloading of Game of Thrones. He believes there is no excuse for this behavior.
– I realize that Game of Thrones fans who have used illegal file sharing had his reasons. They say that it was far easier to access the series through these sites, they were frustrated by the delay of the first season, and then they complain about other aspects of copyright. But none of this is an excuse – stealing is stealing, said the ambassador.
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– To buy a book in a store costs more and takes longer than stealing it from a neighbor’s house, but everyone knows that this is what is correct and what makes the writer can make a living and write more books, he added.
Bleich also pointed out that if everyone who paid to see the series had downloaded it for free instead, there would never have been a third season, and the series would have been closed.
Not unexpectedly gathered ambassador’s statements blaming the audience. On Bleich Facebook page dishes many artillery back toward the entertainment industry.
– I wonder if the entertainment industry will ever give up the antiquated and horrific methods of content delivery. Maybe people would buy it they would have if it had been delivered to them without all the bullshit, wrote one of the commentators.
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