Artis Lionel Richie tampil di acara otomotif BBC, Top Gear

Data statistik memperlihatkan jumlah orang yang memakai internet untuk menonton kopi tak resmi acara televisi naik. Drama produksi Amerika dan acara otomotif Inggris, Top Gear termasuk acara televisi yang paling diminati.

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Visits to web sites offering illegal access to music and video have nearly doubled over the last year, and increasingly it's television and films which are being sought out.

The media measurement firm Big Champagne has compiled a top ten of illegal downloads. It's dominated by American drama series, with 55 million people downloading episodes of Heroes in the first half of this year. But the BBC's Top Gear is also amongst the most pirated programmes, with hundreds of thousands of people, many in the United States, downloading each episode of the recent series.

Despite the apparent surge in piracy, the researchers say television should not suffer as much damage to its revenues as the music business has faced.

Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News

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offering illegal access to
mengizinkan orang untuk mendownload tanpa membayar dan ini melanggar hukum

nearly doubled
menjadi hampir dua kali lebih banyak

sought out
di sini, secara aktif dan ekstensif mencari atau melacak untuk men-download

compiled
menghimpun, mengumpulkan informasi mengenai

it's dominated by
didominasi oleh, jumlah download ilegal terbanyak adalah

amongst the most pirated programmes
salah satu program yang paling sering di-download secara ilegal

the apparent surge in
yang tampaknya mengalami kenaikan tiba-tiba

suffer as much damage to its revenues
juga mengalami kerugian dari segi pemasukan keuangan

faced
menangani, menanggulangi