Among the Seramyu (Sailor Moon musicals / stage shows) community the same attitude of elitism is common. This stuff is only marketed and sold in Japan, and it's rather expensive for some people, but until recently, only clips circulated around the Internet. I torrented a handful of them (and released one with subtitles), with the intention of breaking this stranglehold.

I think it's worked. When I released a subtitle of one complete musical, about 1550 people downloaded it off BitTorrent.

Moll.