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Yes, but dealing with that politically would be made easier by having the moral high ground.


Not really, because it depends on the basis of morality. In fact, this 'morality' problem is shown in the existence of libraries in the US.

Is a book a collective good? Or property? In the US the answer is 'both' in an awkward way. But the US does know that having books behind a paywall is not in society's best interest.

And in reality 99% of the books will never be read, which makes their 'value' as property suspect.


If so few books are to be read, then why is it so difficult to pay for those which are?




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