It is a service problem. Game of Thrones used to available for 30-40 bucks on iTunes in the form of a season pass. It allowed Australians to prepurchase the bo

It is a service problem. Game of Thrones used to available for 30-40 bucks on iTunes in the form of a season pass. It allowed Australians to prepurchase the box set of the series and watch to episodes as they aired (in sync with USA release schedule) Used to. In Australia we only have one cable company Foxtel which has advertisements, 10-20mins per 1hr of scheduled programming. Foxtel secured exclusive rights to season 2 and 3. Now the only legal way to watch game of thrones is to suscribe under multi year contracts at 24/month, endure the advertising and to make matters worse episodes were delayed broadcast by 24-48 hours. Delayed broadcast is a horrible, in Australia it basically means "avoid social media" for 48h until Foxtel airs or have the storyline ruined. With GOT whereby every episode was a epic twist piracy won out. Free, Imediate and no ads. Aussies got REALLY pissed off and just resulted to pirating from piratebay. Foxtel got all uppity in the media, calling Australians a bunch of pirates and then started lobbying government for copyright reform.