I thought of this years ago.

The obvious conclusion:
"They stopped buying CDs due to piracy!"

Now I DL FREE (as in beer, and some as in freedom) music. I still think they count me as a pirate.
Right now, I can't think of an obvious course of action.

While I suspect I disagree with Linus on this topic, I think the journalist did not do a good job of portraying Linus's views in a way that best brings out his argument and that argument's strongpoints. Though of course, if I know that Linus did not get a fair opportunity to project his arguments at their best, then maybe I know that I don't know whether I would agree with Linus.....