[Gutenberg 50980] • The Freelancer

[Gutenberg 50980] • The Freelancer
Authors
Zacks, Robert
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Tags
short stories , science fiction
ISBN
9781523793068
Date
1955-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.11 MB
Lang
en
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What if free speech wasn't really free? What if every time someone said, for example, "Good luck" to someone else, they had to pay a fine for violating the Copyright Law On Verbal Speech? This short story from a 1955 issue of Galaxy Magazine explores the notion of owning words others use to humorous extreme.