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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 16 2017, @08:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the somebody-dies-in-this-episode-I-bet dept.

Four people have been arrested in connection with the leak of S07E04 of Game of Thrones:

An India-based media technology company said Wednesday that it regrets the recent leak of an episode of the popular HBO series Game of Thrones by four of its current and former employees.

Indian police have detained the four suspects, but said their motive for leaking the episode titled The Spoils of War was unclear. The fourth episode in the television series' seventh season leaked three days before its planned Aug. 6 air date and quickly circulated online.

And now, here comes S07E06:

HBO in Spain has aired, apparently by mistake, the sixth episode of Games of Thrones' seventh season a week ahead of schedule.

The episode was available to Spanish subscribers early Tuesday for about an hour before being removed. The 71-minute episode is due to be officially available Aug. 21.

Previously: HBO Hacked, Leak of Game of Thrones s07e04 Unrelated


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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday August 17 2017, @08:18AM (5 children)

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday August 17 2017, @08:18AM (#555180) Homepage Journal

    Did you watch the full season 1?

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  • (Score: 2) by CoolHand on Thursday August 17 2017, @01:07PM (2 children)

    by CoolHand (438) on Thursday August 17 2017, @01:07PM (#555272) Journal
    That's what I was wondering.. One doesn't really get a sense of what GoT is really going to be like until that last episode of Season 1. That's when things get real. I also believe it's hard to comprehend how nuanced the whole GoT universe is without having read the books (which I would highly recommend, except it's looking less and less like Martin will ever finish the series).
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    • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday August 17 2017, @01:57PM (1 child)

      by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday August 17 2017, @01:57PM (#555302) Homepage Journal

      That is all that's stopping me from reading the books. It is sad, but I don't think he is going to finish that universe ever. I would not be surprised if he died tomorrow due to a heart attack.

      • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Thursday August 17 2017, @10:18PM

        by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 17 2017, @10:18PM (#555593) Homepage Journal

        And he insists that no one else should ever be allowed to finish the series if he were to die first.

  • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday August 17 2017, @02:22PM (1 child)

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 17 2017, @02:22PM (#555320) Journal

    Did you watch the full season 1?

    I watched an episode, with a few family members who were all-out Game of Thrones fans and who insisted that I "gotta" watch, how could I not.

    I remember something about a chick with three baby dragons hatching from eggs, and people who tended to have their conversations while dressing or undressing. I remember not understanding any of it until the fans of the show said "Oh yeah, those two did so and so and so it's interesting because this" or "see, neither one means what they are saying, they both have hidden agendas" and the like.

    Sort of like trying to watch a random episode of a soap opera and not knowing any of the characters nor what's going on.

    I am sure it's super-enjoyable for anyone who likes fantasy or even related genre, but I don't have dozens of hours to spare to watch all I would seem to need to for it to make sense, only then to find out whether the enjoyment would apply to my strange, often off-center taste. Thus, it would not be fair for me to judge the show--its high popularity already does that far better than I could anyway.

    • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday August 17 2017, @06:16PM

      by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday August 17 2017, @06:16PM (#555476) Homepage Journal

      The reason it is so popular is because it is lot more human and nuanced than normal fantasy. It is, to me, one of the rare stories that fall under the category of fantasy but don't follow LOTR in absolutely all of the departments. That itself is a very big feat.

      Having said that, if you get a day off, try binge watching season 1.