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They don't get paid for that? Not usually, no.

I know plenty of folk who are just fine giving legal advice for free. They aren't doing anything illegal by it though. There's nothing wrong with lawyers dispensing free legal advice. Nor is it wrong for non-lawyers to supply free legal advice. But if they dispense free legal advice and say, "I'm a lawyer, trust me", they cross that line. The reason it's there is to protect the public. The economic incentive is ancillary. Fraud doesn't hinge on making money off the fraud.