Information wants to be free
Economically speaking, it is more efficient to pay for the production of information than to pay for information itself.
This is true for a number of reasons:
1. Information is a public good, and therefore can’t be sold
2. Copyright creates artificial monopolies, which cause market innefficiency
3. Because copyrighted information is non-rival, and the [...]
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About
Gustav Bertram is a computer scientist wannabe. He theorizes about autodidacticism, free culture, information economics, intelligence amplification, computer science and technology. Constant Flux is his future hacking blog.
He lives in Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa, and is currently employed as a software developer. For more information, see his Homepage.
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