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(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@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(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: a 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... _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l