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Originally Posted by Giggleton
If someone wants to charge for their work that is fine. But that does not mean I should be forced to pay for it.
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nor forced to read it.
Why can you pay for bread but not for a book?
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I view pricetags on knowledge as simply a reminder of the effort involved in the production of knowledge.
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It's not knowledge: no bright new formulas to cope with problems, no valid new laws or fundamental properties uncovered. It's a work to amuse people who'll pay for it. People who won't pay for it are not forced into reading it either.