CopySpeak.org: How to talk about copyright?

consumer

Consumers of culture”

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To imply physical property, and suggest that culture may be “consumed”, “used up”

To imply that culture is a one-way process, originating with author and ending with consumer

To supports the divide of people into active, creative “authors” and passive “consumers” of culture

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Avoid it. Word “user” is much better in most cases. Use “audience” instead if you cannot avoid it