[WikiEN-l] Amazonified Wikipedia

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A Kindle costs money? Yes. 
Thus it is sold for money? Yes.


James Joyce does not cost money? Yes.
Hence [post hoc ergo propter hoc] Amazon gives it away free? Nope.
They certainly give it away free, but I'd say Amazon gives it away free not
because it is free, but to encourage you to buy a Kindle.





-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of David Carson
Sent: 03 December 2010 23:04
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Amazonified Wikipedia

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 9:56 AM, wiki <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Yeah, but my odds of getting a Kindle gratis from their benevolence are??
>
> It's a bit like applauding the Ritz Hotel for giving away free coffee with
a
> $150 meal.

A Kindle is a physical object that costs money to produce. Hence they are
sold for money.

The early works of James Joyce are public domain content which can be
digitally duplicated infinitely for no significant cost. Hence they
are given away
for free, both by benevolent organizations such as Project Gutenberg, and by
for-profit corporations such as Amazon.

What point, exactly, are you trying to make?

Cheers,
David...

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