Game of Thrones is at it again -- not just the shocking wedding celebrations, but also the slashed piracy records.
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The second episode of season four, which aired on HBO on Sunday, triggered the largest BitTorrent swarm ever, breaking the record for the most people sharing a file simultaneously via the system, according to TorrentFreak.
Hours after the "Purple Wedding" episode became available online, 193,418 people shared one single torrent. Additionally, at the time of the record torrent, 145,594 had a complete copy and continued to upload, while 47,824 were still downloading the file.
The previous record for a BitTorrent swarm was set last year -- by the Game of Thrones season finale, with 171,572 users.
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With all the additional torrents that were available -- others with tens of thousands of people sharing -- the episode was downloaded approximately 1.5 million times during the first day. That number may as well crown the series as the most-downloaded TV show by the end of the year, a title it could take for the third year in a row.
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