Star Trek: Discovery is getting pirated a lot

Enlarge / Sonequa Martin-Green plays protagonist Michael Burnham, first officer of the USS Shenzhou, on new CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery. (credit: CBS)

Almost 10 million people tuned in to CBS on Sunday to watch the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. And the premiere also drove record signups for CBS' proprietary streaming service, which will be the exclusive source for later episodes of the new Star Trek series.

But others have turned to good old-fashioned Internet piracy to get their Star Trek fix.

The premiere of Star Trek: Discovery is the twelfth most actively pirated show among users of the Pirate Bay right now, according to the Pirate Bay's list of most downloaded videos. Discovery's second episode isn't far behind, at number 19.

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