There is a reason Netflix is so comfortable with the Hollywood bigwigs and it’s got little to do with bringing Arrested Development back, or maybe it does. CNET reporter Steven Musil wrote an article for the site detailing how Netflix mines illegal pirating sites for what their most popular programs are. It makes sense, Netflix can do better business with the studios if they are helping them to regain lost profits elsewhere. Piracy sites essentially act like the minor leagues for the online streaming behemoth. Like the Yankees keeping an eye on one of the Cubs players before picking him up late in the season, Netflix waits to see which shows are doing well in the illegitimate free download spectrum before bringing them into their own red army. In the piece, Musil cited Kelly Merryman, the company’s vice president of content acquisition in Europe as saying, “With the purchase of series, we look at what does well on piracy sites,” Merryman told Amsterdam-based tech site Tweakers, noting that that information contributed to its decision to pick up the hit TV show “Prison Break.” “‘Prison Break’ is exceptionally popular on piracy sites,” she said. It is an interesting strategy that harks back to the NSA issue in Washington, just how much are they watching? For now, Netflix is simply concerned that you are watching.