Report Says Online Piracy Rate Rises by 10%

In a report released by Torrent Freak, a blog that covers copyright and BitTorrent-related news, the hit HBO fantasy series “Game of Thrones” won the seat on the Iron Throne for being the most pirated television show in 2013. The piracy report noted that 327 million unique Internet users explicitly sought to download copyrighted content in January 2013 — 10 percent more than 15 months earlier — clicking on 13.9 billion web pages focused on pirated content.