Your statement is true enough, but he claims to "brainwash" his kids. This article definitley needs to be forwarded to Ballmer's local Department of Social Services for investigation.

just like music, this only holds true for works which would normally sell below a certain threshold.

the market rules for an unknown indie rock band are not the same as for metallica - the indie rock band will earn sales by exposure, metallica will lose them through pirating.

same mechanism, different results.