> Knowledge and culture is not anyone’s property. It is the collective work of all of humanity and ought to be treated as such. This is a specious ideology wit

> Knowledge and culture is not anyone’s property. It is the collective work of all of humanity and ought to be treated as such. This is a specious ideology without a mechanism to reward creators. At the moment that mechanism is money, either through sales, or for a rare few patronage. Without reward, creation is limited to the otherwise idle, and the collected work of all humanity lessened. Personally I advocate the right to buy at a reasonable cost (as reasoned by society). Once a reproducible work is released to the public, you can't refuse my payment for it.