It's a long set of essays. One of Mr. Flint's points that I thought most interesting is his note that offering a book of his online, for free, caused greater sales of the paper version.

Also worthy of note, is that if you have adequate patience, you can gain legitimate copies of nearly everything that he wrote for no money.

A recent study indicated that folks who "pirate" music are more likely to buy music. Ditto for movies. I stopped illicit music dowloading when I could get what I want from iTunes, which is mokeying around with their DRM and annoying me. (A big reason why I started using Pandora.)