Week 15 - 'Game of Thrones was the most pirated show for the fifth year in a row in 2016'

'Game of Thrones was the most pirated show for the fifth year in a row in 2016' 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38444881/game-of-thrones-was-the-most-pirated-show-for-the-fifth-year-in-a-row-in-2016

• Most pirated show for the fifth year in a row according to TorrentFreak 
• around 350,000 people actively shared the season finale 
• The Walking Dead was in second place 
• Higher quality downloads from 480p to 720p and 1080p

There are negative issues in terms of pirating programmes and movies as this would mean that the institutions producing and distributing the programme will get a lower revenue and will not make as much profit. This has a negative effect for institutions and reveals how audiences are becoming more intelligent in the way that they are able to receive pirated copies - from the quality of the videos increasing and therefore having positive impacts for audiences to therefore keep finding pirated copies.