We must try though, really hard, to question the assumption that with unrestrained file-sharing there would be no compensation unless it was imposed.

We really must rule that out as a blindspot utterly, and with full justification.

Otherwise we’re in danger of assuming that there is no demand for art. This is because demand can’t help but compensate supply – even if the compensation is non-financial.

Just because the mechanisms by which this compensation will naturally occur (without intervention) may be hard to envisage, doesn’t mean we should wring our hands and worry about what intervention should occur.