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Originally Posted by DarkScribe
99¢ - and eight dollars doesn't seem that great.
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$8 is a tremendous amount for some. Even 99 cents is waste to spend on 'education' or 'culture' when it could buy some food for a starving child.
But that 99 cent is essentially a convenience charge. Since it's PD can be had for free, as you point out, and be available to precisely those people who can't afford it otherwise. People who might presumably have the most to gain in term of improving their lot in society, from having free access to culture, education, the mental stimulus from reading, the empathy gain from seeing the viewpoints of different people...you know, all those thing people say that reading and literature is important for.
It's not just about cheap access to entertainment. That's just a nice dividend.
ApK