I think he's got some points when it comes to online availability. The facts are that people are going to steal anime as long as it's possible for them to do so. People are lazy cheapskates, that's the way it goes. But the red tape and delays that are the nature of industry are a formidable obstacle.

Personally the only way I can see it working to any sizeable extent is if the episodes became available online, subbed, at pretty much the same time they air in Japan. That means either a) Western companies securing distribution rights during production of a new title, and subbing the episodes as the series is made, or b) the Japanese companies doing the subbing themselves. That way Western fans could get their free (or subscribed-service) preview before any fansubber could manage it, and money could be made whether or not they buy the DVDs. There will always be some market for DVDs, since that's the only way high-quality dub versions are available and a lot of people don't like reading their anime.

As for the change in fan attitude over the years, we could argue that all day, but digital technology has been a double-edged sword in a lot of areas.