“… my problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity” 

This directly flies in the face of the fight that the music industry is fighting. Many artists, if they aren’t completely motivated by turning a profit, would like nothing more than to just have people listen to their music, rather than fading into obscurity. To them, piracy is free exposure, more people listening to what they have to create, people sharing their music with others. Some argue that piracy is a crime. I, and Doctorow seems to agree, that it is the opposite.