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The most pirated movies and TV shows

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Want to keep your Periscope account? Don’t stream “Game of Thrones.”

During the “GoT” premiere on Sunday night, reports flooded in of Periscope users sending out live personal broadcasts of the season 5 premiere by turning their phones towards the TV and hitting record. This prompted Periscope to threaten to close dozens of accounts.

“Game of Thrones” has been the most-pirated TV show for the past three years -- according to TorrentFreak, it was downloaded 8.1 million times on BitTorrent in 2014.

What else tops the list? Check out the five most pirated TV shows and movies:

TV shows (2014 numbers via TorrentFreak)

5. Gotham: 3.2 million downloads

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4. How I Met Your Mother: 3.2 million downloads

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3. The Big Bang Theory: 3.9 million downloads

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2. The Walking Dead: 4.8 million downloads

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1. Game of Thrones: 8.1 million downloads

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Movies (2014 numbers via Excipio)

5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: 27.627 million downloads

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4. Gravity: 29.357 million downloads 

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3. RoboCop (both 1987 and 2014 versions): 29.879 million downloads 

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2. Frozen: 29.919 million downloads

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1. The Wolf of Wall Street: 30.035 million downloads 

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 Watch the video below for more about how "Game of Thrones" rules torrent sites.