HBO declares war on Game of Thrones pirates, but it may be a losing battle

And at some point the market will reflect that. That's kind of the point. There doesn't need to be as much competition among channels 60-75 because they're going to be included in the package to begin with. Now, they have to compete, because if I don't like what's on channel 65, then I'm not buying the subscription. If Channel 65 is too expensive, I'm not buying the channel.

The point is to make networks compete with each other, more than they already are. Think of it a bit like cars. For all intents and purposes, a Ford Tarus and a Chevy Malibu are, for all intents and purposes, the same car. They're a base model sedan that will get you from point A to point B. And so they have to compete. Because they compete, they have to either add features, or lower the price, or go out of business (see: Saturn, Plymouth, etc.). The only reason this happens is because they compete.

The way cable companies operate right now, it's as if you can only buy Ford, or only buy Chevy. No competition means no innovation, no price reductions, nothing.

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