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Originally Posted by charonme
kovidgoyal, how is the morality of your example different from a case when I would buy an ebook for $30 not knowing that a competitor offers a copy for $20?
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Because a competitor that sells something for $30 is not selling the
exact same thing as the one selling it for $20. If he is, then it is because of factors like the cost of importation/local manufacture/local tax rates etc being different in the different locations. None of those apply on the internet with a product whose base price is 0
Once again, I'm not saying that you cannot sell a PD work for >0, I'm saying that if you do and the edition you are selling is identical to an edition available equally easily elsewhere for $0, then you need to inform your customers of that little fact, otherwise you are deceiving them.