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Old 05-16-2012, 12:43 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by Giggleton View Post
I don't believe that is a good way of looking at it. Should we not compensate creators for producing texts that we enjoy, while at the same time allowing universal access to all texts? Placing texts behind a paywall does not seem morally sound.

We allow for private texts, private communications, but uploading to one of the myriad text depositories already available on the network should by any ethical standard place the text into a postmodern public domain...
I have a suggestion for you --- let us all just not work. We will create a society where we will all do whatever we want and just get everything we need by borrowing money from the Greeks. Sound good to you?
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