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Originally Posted by Berkut
What is the cost of putting rules online?
Effectively nothing, since they don't even have to host it themselves - someone else certainly would.
And they can still sell rulebooks - after all, I get mine as part of my association dues, and would continue to do so. I imagine some chunk of my dues goes to them, right?
This has nothing to do with a "free lunch" and everything to do with being annoyed that the rules are not available in an easily accessible, searchable digital format.
Whatever they are getting from me for the printed books, I would be happy to pay for the rights to a digital copy, and they would actually make even more money, since it costs a lot more to print a book.
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It has everything to do with a free lunch, due to the "information wants to be free" comments. And most people who are wanting the rules on line want them on line so they can access them for free.
The kicker is, they
are available on line, just not for free, at the NFHS website. Of course, I have no idea how searchable it is.