Persicope users live streaming 'Game of Thrones' has not gone down well with HBO

Social live streaming app Periscope was used by a lot of HBO viewers to live stream the first episode of Game of Thrones in the US according to a report. HBO already stung by the leak of four episodes of the latest season of Game of Thrones, was evidently not happy about it. Game of Thrones also happens to be the most pirated TV show in the world.The Twitter-owned social streaming app allows users to live stream a video feed on which viewers can post comments. Periscope works quite similar to Meerkat in principle. Followers on Twitter get a notification whenever a live #periscope event is on. According to Mashable, viewers in Australia got to see the entire episode although in low quality via the live streaming app.Periscope has already started suspending accounts after receiving a takedown notice from HBO. Twitter, which gives a notification everytime a Periscope stream begins, has also stated that Periscope can even terminate a users account for repeated copyright infringement. According to Periscope's terms of services, "the site reserves the right to remove content alleged to be infringing without prior notice and at out sole discretion."But looks like HBO isn't too pleased with this reactionary measure. "In general, we feel developers should have tools which proactively prevent mass copyright infringement from occurring on their apps and not be solely reliant upon notifications," said HBO in its statement.Looks like apps such as Periscope and Meerkat are going to be a nightmare for live event broadcasters, as they give anyone with a smartphone the ability to live stream events or copyrighted TV shows / movies. Football and cricket matches for instance, which are sold for live broadcasting to TV channels at high rates, are the first probable victims that come to mind.At the moment both the apps are only available for download on the iOS platform. With an Android release, both apps will get even more traction. It will be interesting to see how these live streaming apps will be able to tackle copyright infringement complaints.