Let's get real Mr Franklin. Money is real. You seem to be under the misapprehension that information wants to be free and that enabling people to learn and follow their own interests will benefit society as a whole. Well, we don't believe in society as a whole. Let's get to brass tacks, the bottom line.
Money is reality.
It' s far more real than topsoil or oxygen or the ozone layer or sunlight. You may say that this is just a piece of paper with some symbols on it, but that's sacrilege. It's the Almighty Dollar. No, dollars are utterly and entirely real, far more real than anything as vague as the public interest. Don't try to talk to us in a language that doesn't involve monetary transactions.