HBO Says Game of Thrones Piracy Is "a Compliment" 447
An anonymous reader writes "HBO programming president Michael Lombardo not only says that illegal downloading of Game of Thrones isn't hurting the show, but goes so far as to say it's 'a compliment' and worries about the image quality of pirated copies"
An ideea (Score:5, Funny)
A letter to HBO (Score:2, Funny)
Dear Michael Lombardo,
I watch pirated copies of the show in 1080p, the quality is just fine.
Thank you,
AC
Re:Funny that... (Score:5, Funny)
A 400 MB file? Crappy quality. That's why you received the notification: "stop sharing shitty quality episodes!"
Re:Word of Mouth (Score:4, Funny)
Honestly, if it weren't for downloading, I don't think I would have even heard of the show.
Because you live in a cave and rarely interact with the other bipedal creatures?
I'm not saying everyone should have seen it or even want to have seen it. But to not even hear of it takes a great deal of effort.
Re:They are showing the full S2 on of the free tra (Score:4, Funny)
It's not a free trial, it's a free trail. You need to go on Route 66, and make a LEFT turn at Albuquerque.
Otherwise you end up watching Honey-Boo-Boo.
Re:No shit (Score:5, Funny)
Wait. you mean that scale matters? And that you can have too much of a good thing? Say it ain't so!
Why can't we go back to the good old days when everything was black and white? These varying shades of grey make it hard to use boolean logic in my online debates.