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Ugh, I hate that "information wants to be free" nonsense. Information doesn't want anything, it isn't a thing that can want. People want information and very ra

• dragonwriter 9y ago
  People generslly want information they don't currently have but want to be free for then to acquire. People often also want information they do currently have to be expensive to other people to acquire.
  • Ajedi32 9y ago
    > People often also want information they do currently have to be expensive to other people to acquire. I don't think that's necessarily true. For example, pirated copies of media are typically created when someone legally purchases a copy of the work and then publishes it for others to use entirely for free. I find it very hard to believe that the people posting these pirated works want those works to be expensive for others to acquire.
    • vageli 9y ago
      It's the original publishers of the information that want to set a high premium, in this case movie studios.
    • dragonwriter 9y ago
      > > People often also want information they do currently have to be expensive to other people to acquire. > I don't think that's necessarily true. You seem to have mistaken “often” for “always”.
• eeZah7Ux 9y ago
  > Information doesn't want anything It's obviously a metaphor.