re: Game of Thrones' Director Claims Illegal Downloads Don't Matter

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First, that's a declining subscriber base for HBO.

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This could also just be due to a poor economy more than anything else. When money is tight discretionary spending is the first things to go, and in many households premium channels are consider discretionary. I know in my household we eliminated all of the premium channels, except for HBO because it was the only one we perceived a value due to the programing.