On Easter Sunday,Game of Thrones’ season premiere apparently broke not just one record (ratings for any *G.O.T.*episode) or two records (ratings for any*G.O.T.*episode and longest amount of time before first medieval sex scene), but three records! According to TorrentFreak, more than 163,000 people were simultaneously sharing the torrent of the show’s Season Three—crushing the old record of 145,000 file swappers.

The show’s popularity among illegal-downloaders is not new, however: the HBO fantasy series was the most torrented TV series of 2012. And according to new statements to*Entertainment Weekly*, HBO is not exactly discouraged by that distinction. “I probably shouldn’t be saying this,” HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said, “but it is a compliment of sorts. The demand is there. And it certainly didn’t negatively impact the DVD sales. [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network.”

In other news, the wildly popular series was picked up for a fourth season today. Congratulations!