Counterpoint to your counterpoint For much of human civilization there has been an inherent social contract of sorts around communication. I can take what you

Counterpoint to your counterpoint For much of human civilization there has been an inherent social contract of sorts around communication. I can take what you tell me, mix it with other things, and retransmit it. While I love books, bits and bytes are not books. There is no physical media. Now, we are in an era of inherently zero cost redistribution, and the vast and giant fraud perpetrated on us by the cabal of distributors, publishers, authors, publishers and agents finally is seeing pushback. The vast amount of exploitation of public research, and non-value adding commercialization inherent in some of the scientific publishing and the gatekeeping boards is some of the worst of the lot. Most of all, because it actively interferes with the transfer of knowledge and serves to penalize those without means, and those in poorer countries. Considering the vastly exploitative system and the outrageous prices and robber baron profits these industries have made... I consider it my duty to accelerate its creative destruction and return the ability to recommunicate ideas back to its inherent social contract. Using your bits and bytes to store data is a revolutionary act that this vampire industry of ghouls seeks to prevent. Down with the literary Robber Barons!