[Larry the Loafer]

There's a similar argument in the video game community, whereby some say it's morally acceptable to pirate a certain company's games if they don't give you any legal route to play them otherwise.

Then again, before the days of home video, we once had to rely on whether a movie was re-released in the cinema if we wanted to watch it. But, I suppose, when you've been used to having access to the content you like for the last 50 or so years, you can't argue too much if your customers get upset by denying them access to your programmes.