Just because you're okay with the exploitation of information by making access artificially scarce doesn't mean that those who aren't are "entitled". Since the

Just because you're okay with the exploitation of information by making access artificially scarce doesn't mean that those who aren't are "entitled". Since the arrival of the internet, that business model stopped working in the interest of society in general. We're no longer funding the wider dissemination of information, we're either funding artificially limiting access or being asked to surrender our privacy instead of just money. This may make perfect business sense, but in my view, societies interests go before business interests. And yes, I also fear that without an alternative model we're going to have a hard time encouraging the production of that information within the framework of the free market. But I rather face that challenge than to accept a society where information disappears behind paywalls and our privacy is being demolished by commercial surveillance. Just because what the public wants is selfish and generally short sighted doesn't mean they're wrong to want it.