Most people who listen don’t contribute, but they’re never referred to as “pirates” or “thieves”. Except that they were, back when audio tapes first came out. And since the radio owners couldn't forbid then, they turned to cutting slightly the ending of songs, and merging the end of one into the beginning of the next one so people registering them wouldn't have a very high quality song. With an e-book, you have an actual copy of the work, so I would say that the difference between e-books and radio is about the same than between Hulu and getting a file through P2P.
Radios are also typically paid by advertising, or public subventions, and the advertising model for electronic content is one they tried to reproduce.
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Except that they were, back when audio tapes first came out. And since the radio owners couldn't forbid then, they turned to cutting slightly the ending of songs, and merging the end of one into the beginning of the next one so people registering them wouldn't have a very high quality song.
With an e-book, you have an actual copy of the work, so I would say that the difference between e-books and radio is about the same than between Hulu and getting a file through P2P.
Radios are also typically paid by advertising, or public subventions, and the advertising model for electronic content is one they tried to reproduce.