That's the nice thing about the digital age. You can charge or not charge for digital product, DRM or or not DRM it, even choose to make it available or not (legally), and the customer can pay or not pay for the same. That, tovarich, is freedom.
Will the free model win? Certainly, over time, but there will always be pocket of non-free in the mix. This is a wrenching readjustment for everyone used to the old model. The one thing I can guarantee is, there's no going back. The world is not going to destroy digital technology.
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