Mercedes don’t have a monopoly on car distribution. If people doesn’t like the price of Merc’s then there are dozens of other alternatives. If people don’t like the price of media content then there is no other (legal) alternatives.
This is also why broadcasters have gotten away without much innovation in the industry when compared to what’s happening in other equivalent sectors.
Edit: Or at least not much innovation outside of rights management. Ironically they’ve spent more time and energy innovating ways to stop people accessing content than ways of improving their respective services.
I think that's a fair point. How long would it have taken for the media industry to come up with Netflix or the equivalent had it not been for people proving the viability of streaming media over the internet through piracy (and porn).
This obviously doesn't justify piracy but it does show how how resistant to change the media industry have become.
This is also why broadcasters have gotten away without much innovation in the industry when compared to what’s happening in other equivalent sectors.
Edit: Or at least not much innovation outside of rights management. Ironically they’ve spent more time and energy innovating ways to stop people accessing content than ways of improving their respective services.