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		bigyabai 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: In the real world we pay for everything so... Software is a zero margin commodity, not because it costs nothing to produce but because it can be reproduced infinitely for free. That's why even copywritten/"paid" software like music and video games ultimately end up being free too.

makapuf 25 days ago [–]

But then music, movie and other intellectual productions are everything but free, and AI is sharply shunned whereas code is not. Why ?

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