Marvel's 'Daredevil' on Netflix Becomes Second Most Pirated Show (VIDEO)
Following in the footsteps of "Game of Thrones," Marvel's "Daredevil" on Netflix has just become the second most pirated television show of the week.
Netflix show, "Daredevil" has seen massive downloads via torrent files this week, making it the second most pirated show after "Game of Thrones," Excipio, a piracy tracking company has said.
Despite Netflix's video streaming service costing less than $10 a month in over 50 countries around the world, more than hundreds of thousands of people have taken to torrent sites to download the show, with a total of 2.1 million individual users having downloaded the Marvel series online from April 10 to 16.
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The most number of downloads were traced to Brazil, with 190, 274 download users, followed by India, the US, UK, France, and Australia. All the countries in Excipio's list, except India, have access to Netflix's streaming service.
Despite the substantial numbers of illegal downloads, Netflix has capped an all-time high for the first quarter of 2015, adding another 4.9 million subscribers from around the world, exceeding its own expectations, and resulting in a spike in its shares by as much as 13 percent.
The popularity of "Daredevil" may spell good news for Netflix, as the show marks the video streaming service's first high concept series from Marvel Studios. Matt Murdock, played by Charlie Cox, is slated to return to "The Defenders" together with other Marvel heroes, a.k.a. Jessica Jones, played by Krysten Ritter; Luke Cage/Power Man, played by Mike Colter, and Iron Fist. These characters will also be given their own 13-episode this year, just like "Daredevil."
While HBO's has managed to brush aside the 6.5 million illegal downloads of "Game of Thrones," Netflix needs its viewer-to-membership subscription conversions. However, with the rave reviews "Daredevil" has been receiving, piracy may cease to be an issue when Netflix proceeds with the rest of its planned superhero standalone seasons starting with "A.K.A. Jessica Jones" later this year.
