The consumer now has access to power, and all the consumer needs is awareness of what's out there before he starts screwing distributors over too. People are out there who have access to literally hundreds of different FTP sites, passing effortlessly and transparently through the online network, grabbing whatever they want in exchange for something the site ops want. You can do whatever you want, get whatever you want, getting it all for free, anonymously, even vaingloriously. It's scary what's going on. This is all based on a trust and barter system, not a monetary system.
Information truly does flow free online.