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Fame, Fortune and Micropayments

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the please-deposit-5-cents-for-the-next-two-pages dept.

adharma writes "Clay Shirky is at it again. Addressed previously, his new article discussess the failures of Micropayments and the joys of free content."

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  1. Free, or I'll do Without! by Schezar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Honestly, I can live without most things. Sure, I listen to music, and I watch DVDs, and I play video games, but only while they're free. (I mooch from my friends) Were these friends to suddenly become unavailable, I would do without.

    Same goes for web content. I enjoy slashdot, but I'd give it up in a second before I'd spend one red cent.

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    1. Re:Free, or I'll do Without! by bbtom · · Score: 2, Funny

      "one red cent"

      What are you? Some kind of Red? Go back to Russia or neo-Russia (Canada), you filthy hippie.

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    2. Re:Free, or I'll do Without! by Aero+Leviathan · · Score: 3, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, web content pays for YOU! ...hey, wait... that's not such a bad idea...

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    3. Re:Free, or I'll do Without! by LostCluster · · Score: 4, Funny

      Whose wi-fi bandwidth are you mooching to read /.?

    4. Re:Free, or I'll do Without! by bobthemuse · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sure, I listen to music...but only while they're free. (I mooch from my friends)

      Watching friends' movies? Our lawyers will be right over!

      -RIAA

  2. Micropayments are doomed by Eponymous+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I honestly can't think of a single web site where people would be willing to spend $0.005 to view a page.

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    1. Re:Micropayments are doomed by Stary · · Score: 4, Funny

      No. 1000 micropayments would be... 1 millipayment?

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  3. But, but, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The RIAA said nothing is really free! There are poor people starving in China because I didn't buy the Macarena song.

  4. +5 Insightful by ArmorFiend · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a really substantial, insightful post for this discussion, however, before you can read it you must PayPal me 10 cents at the address in my profile. Thanks!