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Originally Posted by LlamaZorz
I personally believe that information should be free for those who want it. Libraries were created in support for this. Information should not be held and restricted by the wealthy and trying to do so is oppression.
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Libraries aren't free. I pay about $100 a year in property taxes for my local library. That book you borrow or read in the library, is paid for through those property taxes, and in turn pay the author's royalties, the publisher and distributor salaries along with the librarian's salary. I don't know who you think are wealthy oppressors, but it's certain not authors (with very few best-selling exceptions), not the editors, and probably not even the publishers. You're just rationalizing, and not even very well.