The book’s second half proposes a range of ideas for widening these chokepoints out, offering technical, commercial and legal blueprints for artists, fans, arts organisations, technologists and policymakers from local government right up to the level of international treaties.

"[2] In a review for The Guardian, Kitty Drake writes, "The level of detail in the book will make your eyeballs hurt, but it bears fruit.

"[4] Oscar Williams writes in a review for the New Statesman that the "book provides practical steps towards rebalancing the cultural economy and empowering the people whose work drives others' profits.

"[6] The book has received praise from figures including writers Margaret Atwood and David Sirota, comedian Stephen Fry, law professors Zephyr Teachout, Lawrence Lessig, and Jane C. Ginsburg, and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

"[8] It also provided inspiration to former Writers Guild of America President David A. Goodman in writing the Futurama season 8 episode ‘Related to Items You’ve Viewed’.