I became dubious as soon as he trotted out the
"sample-then-buy" myth.
While
this argument might not have been laughable 4-5 years ago before CD
burners were cheap and widespread, it's preposterous today.
Why is that? Five years ago, when a friend would make me a copy of a CD
and I liked it, I would go to the record store and buy one. Today, I do
the same thing.
I'm sure that not everyone does that, but presumably not everyone did it
five years ago either.