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Why That Orange Is the New Black Leak Was Never Going to Pay Off

Putting an unreleased series on the Pirate Bay unless Netflix pays up? Good luck with that

Click to view the original at wired.com

Hasnain says:

"Consider that in 2011, BitTorrent accounted for 23 percent of daily internet traffic in North America, according to network-equipment company Sandvine. By last year, that number sat at under 5 percent. “There’s always going to be the floor of people that are always going to be torrenting,” says Sandvine spokesperson Dan Deeth. That group will surely enjoy whatever Piper’s up to in season five. But the idea that so small a cohort might prompt Netflix to negotiate with hackers seems absurd."

Posted on 2017-05-02T18:53:04+0000