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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. Music and Movies by blackmonday · · Score: 2, Informative

    He barely mentions music and movies, but Hollywood is eager to charge us per vieweing, rather than a pay-once watch/listen forever deal. Pay-per view and Video on demand are a current example. Of course, as long as DVDs and CDs remain mainstream, we won't have to worry about paying 10 cents every time we listen to the "Macarena".

  2. Re:Micropayments are doomed by LostCluster · · Score: 2, Informative

    But /. won't let you buy one page for a half-penny. You have to buy in minimum units of 1000 pages... that means instead of 1000 micropayment transactions you're actually making one normal transaction.

  3. How About a nice Counterpoint? by gallavad · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a view from the other-side (that of the independent content provider) check out Scott Mccloud's response to Shirky's latest essay.