ART OUTSIDE THE ECONOMY

Some suggest that hypertexts should be distributed outside the capitalist economy

Internet -> "free" distribution

Everyone can contribute -> a world of writers

WWW + Search Engines -> why advertise?

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From time to time, people suggest that hypertexts -- part of Net culture -- should remain outside the capitalist economy.

Information wants to be free.

Unfortunately, a literary world outside the economy is an illusion.