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Just because something is in public domain doesn't mean it's free. Shakespear's works might be public domain but there is a cost to printing a book. There is a cost to scanning pages, there is a cost to hosting a website, administering a website etc.

How hard is this logic to understand? If you don't want to use JSTOR don't use it. Don't go around saying they should let you download it for free.




You can buy a copy of Shakespeare's works and then upload a copy of the text to Project Gutenberg.

Just because someone is selling something that is public domain doesn't mean that you can't give it away for free.




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