Game of Thrones most popular among illegal downloaders (2)

下一季《權力的游戲》定于2015年4月開播.與此同時,由于HBO目前的HBO Go服務不如非法下載受大眾歡迎,2015年HBO新的獨立流媒體視頻業務將為觀眾提供新的選擇.

Thom Yorke, who has been an outspoken critic of streaming sites such as Spotify, was the most popular legally downloaded musician after he released an album on BitTorrent. The Radiohead front man released Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, his second solo album after 2006's The Eraser, on the torrent site and managed 1.1m downloads in the first week of its release.

湯姆•約克（Thom Yorke）是一位在"聲破天"（Spotify）等流媒體網頁上的直言不諱的批評家.在比特流（BitTorrent）上發行新專輯后,他成為了合法下載網站上最受歡迎的音樂人.這位電臺司令（Radiohead）主唱的專輯《明日摩盒》（Tomorrow's Modern Boxes）是他自2006年《拭除》（The Eraser）之后的第二張個人專輯.《明日魔盒》在種子網站上發布的第一周,就取得了110萬的下載量.

In September Yorke explained his reason for using the torrenting site was to experiment with alternatives to traditional formats.

9月約克表明他使用種子網頁的原因是想體驗一下有別于傳統的唱片發售形式.

"If it works well, it could be an effective way of handing some control of internet commerce back to people who are creating the work" he said, "enabling those people who make either music, video or any other kind of digital content to sell it themselves. Bypassing the self-elected gate-keepers. If it works, anyone can do this exactly as we have done."

"如果效果不錯的話,它會是一種有效的方式來幫助原創人員在網絡商業方面多一些主動權,"他說,"這就讓那些做音樂、視頻或者其他任何數字內容的人可以繞過中間人,自產自銷.如果這種方式有效,任何人都可以像效仿我們."

Yorke was ahead of EDM artist Diplo and rappers Ace Hood and DeLa Soulon the list, and offered his album for $6. Other musicians who have experimented with alternative release formats this year include Aphex Twin, who released his album Syro on the dark web ahead of its official release in September, while Yorke released his new single You wouldn't like me when I'm angry on Bandcamp.

在銷量排行榜上,約克領先EDM（電子舞曲風格）音樂人Diplo、說唱歌手Ace Hood和DeLa Soul,以6美元（約人民幣37元）價格銷售他的新專輯.2014年,其他嘗試用新方式發行專輯的音樂家還有Aphex Twin等.Aphex Twin的專輯Syro在2014年9月正式發布,但是在這之前,他就嘗試在暗網中發布了專輯鏈接；約克在Bandcamp音樂網站上發布了他的新單曲You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.