13 Feb
2013
13 Feb
'13
8:04 p.m.
On 02/13/2013 09:37 AM, drew Roberts wrote:
Well, the Pengiun folks are breaking a law, since the things they copy
are public domain. They are not infringing any copyrights, and are not
making use of someone's property illegally. Are they "ripping people
off?" I don't know. Go ask their customers if they knew they could
have gotten all of that legally for free.
It's hardly easy to make money by SELLING
what is available for FREE.
Sure, it happens. There are a few places on the internet where you can
pay to download something (like an owner's manual) that is available FOR
FREE on the manufacturer's website. Since the manufacturer in this case
makes it available for free, they aren't really ripping off the
manufacturer, but I'd say they are ripping off the consumer.
So, those Penguin
folks are ripping off the consumer? I mean, you could
download the books from Project Gutenberg right? Should someone alert the
authorities that they are ripping off the consumers?
Here is a point you are ignoring. If you can't make money selling things that
are legal to copy and that can be obtained for free. How can you make money
selling things that are illegal to copy but are also available for free via
download however illegally? How do people sell knokcoff CDs and DVDs when
they are available as free downloads? From what I've seen, people buy pirated DVDs
because they either don't
have a DVD burner, or they believe that it is safer to
buy it for cash
at some flea market where there is no paper trail leading to them.
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