Do you agree that informational wants to be free? me - yes

>>58340779
wat

>>58340812
Sorry meant
Do you agree with the statement that "information wants to be free"?

>>58340831
wat????

>>58340934
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free

>>58340831
A want is a feeling. You need a brain (as far we know) to have feelings. Information does not have or need a body. So, no, information does not wants to be free, it doesn't want anything. Can you rephrase your question? I think you meant something else.

>>58340950
But wouldn't there be a lot less information to be freed when information creators can't make a living with their craft? I get that students and other poor people torrent ebooks to avoid paying a shitload of money for their education - but shit, authors gotta eat, too.

>>58341239
My understanding is that because information wants to free it's inherently not free and thus any movement towards releasing it is actually natural and understandable. No author holding back information should be offended over some souls freeing it.

As for the income, there are different venues, patronage is as old as they come.