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Game of Thrones Episodes Leak Ahead of Season 5 Premiere

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By Jack Linshi

The first four episodes of Game of Thrones season 5 found their way to piracy sites ahead of the HBO show’s return on Sunday night.

Excipio, a piracy-tracking firm, said the episodes are true copies that had been leaked to torrent sites between 9 and 10 p.m. E.T. Saturday night, Variety reports. Excipio, which did not identify the origin of the leak, said the episodes had been downloaded more than 778,000 times by 9 a.m.

Game of Thrones has long been a target for online piracy. With more than 7 million illegal downloads since February, it’s the most pirated show on Earth.

[Variety]

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Maisie Williams as Arya Stark. Macall B. Polay—HBO
Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton, Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton and Elizabeth Webster as Walda Frey.Helen Sloan—HBO
Conleth Hill as Varys and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister. Helen Sloan—HBO
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen.Helen Sloan—HBO
Jacob Anderson stars as Grey Worm in Game of Thrones
Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei and Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm.Helen Sloan—HBO
Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand and Deobia Opaeri as Areo Hotah. Macall B. Polay—HBO
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark and Aidan Gillen as Littlefinger. Helen Sloan—HBO
Kit Harington as Jon Snow, Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon and Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth.Helen Sloan—HBO
Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell and Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister. Helen Sloan—HBO
Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell. Macall B. Polay—HBO
Carice van Houten as MelisandreHelen Sloan—HBO
Kit Harington as Jon Snow. Helen Sloan—HBO
Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne and Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth.Helen Sloan—HBO
Dean-Charles Chapman as Tommen Baratheon and Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister.Macall B. Polay—HBO
Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane. Helen Sloan—HBO
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister. Helen Sloan—HBO
Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow.Macall B. Polay—HBO
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Ian Beattie as Meryn Trant.Macall B. Polay—HBO
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister and Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister.Helen Sloan—HBO
Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Ciaran Hinds as Mance Rayder.Helen Sloan—HBO
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand.Macall B. Polay—HBO
Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand.Helen Sloan—HBO
Keisha Castle-Hughes. as Obara Sand.Helen Sloan—HBO
Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon and Toby Sebastian as Trystane MartellMacall B. Polay—HBO
Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon.Macall B. Polay—HBO

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