article_snippet: On the 27th of February American political drama House of Cards released House of Cards entire third season on Netflix, but within 24 hours of first being pirated House of Cards had been illegally downloaded nearly 700,000 times .
article_snippet: Globally, Netflix has almost 60 million subscribers after launching back in 1997 as little more than a DVD mail order company.
article_snippet: The Australian and New Zealand launch announcement comes just days after The Australian and New Zealand launch announcement was revealed that within 24 hours of being pirated after The Australian and New Zealand launch announcement release on February 27, the third season of Netflix political drama House of Cards had been illegally downloaded nearly 700,000 times.
article_snippet: Among those who pirated the television series were 40,557 Australians, who ripped off the show more than any other nation, per capita.
article_snippet: Figures gathered by piracy tracker Excipio and reported by Variety revealed 681,889 unique browsers illegally downloaded the highly anticipated third season of House of Cards on the day after it was released .
article_snippet: According to the overall statistics China had the most nationals obtain the season 3 illegally, with a figure of 60,538 .
article_snippet: Figures gathered by piracy tracker Excipio piracy tracker Excipio and reported by Variety revealed 681,889 unique browsers illegally downloaded the highly anticipated third season of House of Cards the day after it was released.
article_snippet: In February 2014, the second season of the Netflix series had 320,927 downloaders within 24 hours of being pirated.
article_snippet: According to the statistics, China had the most season 3 downloads, with 60,538, while the US - despite having access to the show on Netflix - was close behind with 50,008 people torrenting it.
article_snippet: Just last week a consumer advocacy group slammed new proposals to reduce online piracy as 'truly frightening' Piracy levels hit a peak last year when 1.5 million people downloaded the season finale of Game of Thrones .
article_snippet: In Australia, piracy levels hit a peak last year when 1.5 million people downloaded the season finale of Game of Thrones.