I don't believe I'm reading all this. I don't see why if someone offers a service they don't have a right to be paid for it. If I write a novel, yes, my ego says I should get paid...as long as I put it on the market. On the other hand, if I never put it on the market then nobody should get paid for it but me. Why isn't it that simple? I'm entitled. Ego and all. By the way, I'm egotistical, capitalist and not always fair, but I'm also simple in this sense. 

Sure the market place for books has changed. What once cost $27 now might be actually worth $5. Hence all these book store closures. And ebooks might be a big part of that. With that said, I should get my cut of $5. And yes a person can steal something that isn't physical. There are the effects of the item that prove it is there. For instance, it has a title and somebody has to download it. They're not downloading nothing. They're downloading something...that has a price, unless it is stolen.