Literal thousands of people are distributing various content, for free, right now. Out of sheer altruism most of the time - they get nothing back after their in

Literal thousands of people are distributing various content, for free, right now. Out of sheer altruism most of the time - they get nothing back after their initial download. Pick your favorite torrent site. The fact that the business landscape wouldn't tolerate this as a legitimate method is a failure of ego and imagination, not something inherent to the system.