<i>Why do consumers have the right to their choice of form, channel and price?</i><p>They don't have any particular "right" to these choices.<p>But that doesn't mean the choices disappear.  And it also doesn't mean that real value is not created by offering them, even if it's done illegally: the Pirate Bay has probably created more real value in this world than most startups could ever dream of.  It doesn't matter that it's ethics are questionable.<p><i>What's wrong with "if the buyer and seller don't agree on terms, the deal doesn't happen"?</i><p>Nothing at all, that's exactly what happens a lot of the time.<p>With most digital media it just so happens that there are plenty of illegal "sellers" that are willing to step in with terms that are more suitable to the buyer.<p>It may not be legal or "right", but it's pretty damn efficient.