Thread: Copyfraud - public domain's fate?
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Old 12-08-2010, 04:36 PM   #263
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
@Kali Yuga: you are confusing the retailing of physical objects which cannot be effortlessly duplicated with the retailing of digital information, which can. A natural confusion, but one you need to get over.
No, I'm clearly not.

Again: If I make $7 in profit from a public domain text, why does it matter if I sold a paper copy or a digital one?

Just because we use the same English word to mean "zero price" as "liberty," does not mean that one requires the other.

Heck, you're a software guy. Aren't you familiar with the whole "free as in beer" vs "free as in speech" thing?
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