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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
It's reasonable to charge for a paper edition, since it costs a significant amount to produce/distribute one. It is not reasonable to sell someone else's freely available online content.
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OK, I'm confused. is it your contention that Amazon is ripping this content from the Newsweek site, selling it, and pocketing all the money? Does that seem to you to be something a big company like the Washington Post would tolerate?
Also, if that were the business model why would Amazon only have 9 magazines available. There are tons of magazines on the web and Amazon could rip content from all of them and sell it. Of course they might have to charge a little more to cover all the lawyers they'd need.
I'm sorry, your rants on this subject come across as sour grapes. You're happy with your Sony. You're happy with your free content. Amazon is not ripping you off for content. Relax, enjoy yourself, and leave us suckers alone!
Bob