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Re:Hollywood as We Know It Is Over by ameister14 on Monday January 30, 2017 @01:54PM (#13523957)
That's if the value of something was based on the value of the cost of it's parts. It is not.

A chair is made of wood. Should the chair cost what wood costs?

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Re:Hollywood as We Know It Is Over by sethrin on Monday January 30, 2017 @03:14PM (#13524576)
The cost of a good should approach the marginal cost of producing that good. For digital goods, that cost is indistinguishable from zero.
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