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Interesting how we omit the e from using--it reminds me of how both the original word and form (communicating with pencil and paper) have changed. The e is not lost though. We have recycled it as the prefix to email, ebay, ebooks, etrade, ecards, etc.

"You get what you pay for" is a proverb that usually is true for consumers. Except when it comes to obtaining information, music or movies on the Web, you have access to everything without paying for it. Is this right or wrong? "Everyone else is doing it" has been the excuse since Adam took a bite from the forbidden fruit.

What is the future of writing if everyone borrows what someone else has written? Will there be more copy or text out there with so many more writers or will there just be more places to read the same words?