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Re:Piracy Doesn’t Hurt Game of Thrones, Director Says by Shivetya on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @08:19AM (#5292154)
Being in the US I cannot just buy HBO; not that I would want to, I only want this show. To buy HBO requires me to buy a minimum package with either the cable or satellite companies.

that takes the cost of HBO and quadruples it if not more. I just received my legal copies of season two, it was 34.99 from Amazon. HBO could have had that money many months earlier if they would simply sell the show via iTunes or similar.

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Re:Piracy Doesn’t Hurt Game of Thrones, Director Says by mrgoldenbrown on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @11:07AM (#5293014)
They could have their share of that 34.99, but they would lose more money in the process. https://twitter.com/HBO/status/210390531623227392
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