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Umm your analogy is good except you only show half of capitalism. The NFL@ quickly solved the problem by offering the NFLticket@ on directv@. The media industries are missing the boat by not offering a pay for download of the latest movies/music/entertainment. There is a huge void in that area and the gangsta types that run the music industry are trying to beat back without offerring a legal alternative. Bars don't pirate the NFL@ because it is easier to buy it.

But the home games, which were the point of the dispute, are still blacked out if they aren't sold out. The NFL decided not to show local games at any price if there are unsold seats. Bars can't buy local blacked out games at any price, but they don't pirate those games because of the previous legal action.

Capitalism also means having the right not to provide you product to any medium you don't want to use.

I don't agree with the notion that the recording industry is somehow obligated to provide online access to their property as some sort of "consumer right". The fact that CFs are expensive or the recording execs are "gangstas" doesn't justify trampling their rights.