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** It is likely that instead of trying to convey a message Hamilton was simply trying to extrapolate what he thought was likely to happen to media from technological trends. This is how he comes up with most of the social and technological developments in his books.
* In one of the [[In Name Only]] [[Tom Clancy]] series (probably ''Net Force''), they [[Author Filibuster|stop the action so that two characters can debate digital piracy]]. However, since the Anti-Piracy advocate is the dashing latern-jawed hero, and the Pro-Piracy advocate is his 15 year old son, we are invited to shake our heads at the kid's "naive" arguments.
* Played all the way to its most horrible conclusion, in
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Job A Comedy Of Justice|Job: A Comedy of Justice]]'', Gerald (Jerry) Farnsworth makes it a point to ask his daughter if she legally paid for a pornographic hologram. After finding out that, yes, of course she did (because she is a "good girl"), he mentions that he happens to already own a copy which could have borrowed from him.
* ''Steal This Book'' advocates rebelling against authority in all forms, governmental and corporate. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_this_book the Other Wiki].
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