New season of 'Arrested Development' pirated in huge numbers


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ave you caught the newest season of Arrested Development? If so, have you done so legally (don't answer, please).

According to TorrentFreak's Ernesto Van Der Sar (real name: Lennart Renkema), more than 100,000 downloads of the new season have been borrowed stolen from Netflix (which is airing the new season) since it premiered on Sunday. Van Der Sar is an editor at the site, which reportedly had more than 1 million downloads of the season premiere of Game of Thrones two months ago.

Ironically, one of the gags in the new season of Arrested Development involves piracy, as a flashback scene to an older episode included a watermark with the words "Showstealer Pro Trial Version" on the screen. Viewers on social media debated the watermark being an error, but in fact it was a sight gag. There is even a Showstealer Pro Trial Version webpage now.

The original Arrested Development run on Fox was illegally downloaded in huge numbers when it aired.

It seems like Netflix's Ted Sarandos, its chief content officer, should have kept his mouth shut last month when he bragged that "BitTorrent traffic drops as the Netflix traffic grows."

http://www.tvrage.com/news/6910/new-season-of-arrested-development-pirated-in-huge-numbers

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I wonder how many of the people downloading it are in areas where they can't get Netflix.

That doesn't make it right.

And that doesn't mean I care.

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For the price of a netflix subscription. Seems pointless to pirate it.

You can even free trial it just to watch the show.

Well the question here is - was the show available only for the US Netflix or all around?

If it was only in the US then i guess other people want to see it as well and with that comes the piracy.

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it's available all around the world, problem is some people (like me) have a crappy internet connection..

Ye, that's true as well. Some people are having trouble with streaming so downloading it is a better option.

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more than 100,000 downloads of the new season have been borrowed stolen copied from Netflix

That's better.

This doesn't surprise me at all, and it shouldn't surprise Netflix.

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That's better.

This doesn't surprise me at all, and it shouldn't surprise Netflix.

Well, i dont think piracy surprise anyone today really.

Torrent sites are booming and people download stuff like there is no tomorrow :D

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For the price of a netflix subscription. Seems pointless to pirate it.

You can even free trial it just to watch the show.

Yeah that's what I have done, I did the same with Hemlock and House of Cards, used the trial cancelled and then waited to be asked back (usually a few months)

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I wonder how many of the people downloading it are in areas where they can't get Netflix.

I'm in an area where it's not officially supported, but I just installed Media Hint browser extension. Netflix accepts any credit/debit card, so once you register, you can use it anywhere. I'm on my free trial right now.

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I was not surprised when i saw it popping up in places however, i did not have to worry about it being that I watched it on Netflix.

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you can only use a Netflix trial once, right?. Also the fourth season is the worst and the story is all over the place making it drag on, just so they will be split up. The character's are great, but focusing on Michel worked better.

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you can only use a Netflix trial once, right?.

Yes and no because if you wait long enough they offer you another trial :p

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The story does seem all over the place to begin with but soon gets it act together. I just wish there was more Tobias and GOB in it.

I don't know how the trails work but i think it is email based, so just use a different email address.

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The story does seem all over the place to begin with but soon gets it act together. I just wish there was more Tobias and GOB in it.

I don't know how the trails work but i think it is email based, so just use a different email address.

It's Debit/Credit Card based

Episode 4 onwards has been awesome, the GOB episode was so funny and Tobias

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