'Game of Thrones': the most-pirated TV show of the year

ISTANBUL

Picture taken from the series' official site

News site Torrentfreak's latest annual survey revealed that 'Game of Thrones' has emerged as the most-pirated TV show over the internet this year, BBC has reported.

One episode of the series has been reportedly 4,280,000 times illegally downloaded which is more than its estimated US television audience.     

Torrentfreak indicated that an increase has been noticed in the amount of illegal sharing despite efforts to shut down or block websites providing access to copyright infringing material.