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Old 04-09-2012, 01:37 PM   #98
QuantumIguana
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I think his opinion is completely reasonable in this century or any other.
What is reasonable about his opinion that people who give their work away for free are "as*holes"? What's the alternative, forcing people to charge for their work? If someone wants to give something away, shouldn't they be able to? He rails against amateurs, but the amateurs have every bit as much right to write and to distribute their work on their terms as he does.
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