On 02/13/2013 09:37 AM, drew Roberts wrote: > >> 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? 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. >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. -- --- My bands, CD projects, music, news, and pictures: http://www.lateralforce.com My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche] _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
