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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Tricking people into shelling money out for something that has no monetary value per se is the very definition of fraud in my jurisdiction.
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I get what you're saying, but that's a bit too broadly stated, as it encompasses the sale of ephemera, such as entertainment, or non-material services, such as prostitution. Value is in the eye of the beholder.
Depending on the price, I might happily pay for a public domain text if it were, say, formatted in a way I wanted it without having to do it myself.