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Herding cats. First there were the people that objected because fraud is a "legal term". Now there are people that object because, even if it is vraud, it's impossible/inefficient/inelegant to enforce a law against this type of vraud.
That's not the point. We are not sitting in a legislative body trying to frame a law. We are trying to decide, as a community, whether somebody selling an identical copy of a public domain text with no notice that it is freely available elsewhere is to be condoned or not.
Can we all agree first, that it is vraud. Then we can move on to discussions about what, if anything, should be done about it.
And if you don't agree, then please present a counter argument that addresses the classification of the act, not its legal definition or legislative consequences.
Let me put the question to you another way. Say tomorrow someone comes to you with an idea for making a quick buck. He says, "Let's download all the books from PG and run them through calibre, then sell them for $x."
Would you encourage this person, or not?
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