article_snippet.sent: Game of Thrones, which includes characters such as Emilia Clarke's Khaleesi (left) and Nathalie Emmanuel's Missandei (right), was pirated before its season five debut tonight .
article_snippet.sent: The House of Black and White, High Sparrow and The Sons of the Harpy had been downloaded more than 550,000 times as of early Sunday morning, Variety reported, citing the piracy-tracking company Excipio. '
article_snippet.sent: The series is the most illegally downloaded program in the world.
article_snippet.sent: Anti-piracy company Irdeto said that episodes from Game of Thrones's first four seasons were illegally downloaded more than seven million times between February and April 2015.
article_snippet.sent: The first four episodes had been downloaded more than 550,000 times as of early Sunday morning.
article_snippet.sent: Brazil and France are the top two countries by illegal downloads of the series inspired by George R R Martin's Song of Ice and Fire novels.
article_snippet.sent: Walking Dead, with 5.7million illegal downloads from February to April, was the second-most pirated show.
highlights_snippet.sent: Show is the most pirated in the world, with Brazil the worst offender .