Comments on: How much are you prepared to pay for free? http://www.reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alfred Hermida http://www.reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Alfred Hermida Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:16:03 +0000 http://reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/#comment-290 Good point Bryan - and that's the rub. The revenue goes to the carrier rather than the content producer. However any ideas, like the recent 'iPod tax' initiative in Canada tend to meet strong resistance. Good point Bryan – and that’s the rub. The revenue goes to the carrier rather than the content producer. However any ideas, like the recent ‘iPod tax’ initiative in Canada tend to meet strong resistance.

]]> By: Bryan Murley http://www.reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Bryan Murley Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:06:47 +0000 http://reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/#comment-289 But the readwriteweb folks have a shaky premise. Young people do pay monthly subscriptions - they're called bills. Cable, Internet, Cell Phone, Online Game sites, Premium cable channels, music download services, etc. It's just not the things "we" (being the media) would like them to pay for. But the readwriteweb folks have a shaky premise. Young people do pay monthly subscriptions – they’re called bills. Cable, Internet, Cell Phone, Online Game sites, Premium cable channels, music download services, etc. It’s just not the things “we” (being the media) would like them to pay for.

]]> By: Ian Kemmish http://www.reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Ian Kemmish Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:12:56 +0000 http://reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/#comment-288 You can go back one stage further still - before people got around to paying by subscription, then paid only for what they bought. Subscription funding of ringtone companies, advertising-based funding of media production, support-fee funding of software development, and taxation-based funding of farmers are all examples of subsidy. Subsidy has never acted in the consumer's interest, and I don't expect ever to see it do so. You can go back one stage further still – before people got around to paying by subscription, then paid only for what they bought.

Subscription funding of ringtone companies, advertising-based funding of media production, support-fee funding of software development, and taxation-based funding of farmers are all examples of subsidy. Subsidy has never acted in the consumer’s interest, and I don’t expect ever to see it do so.

]]> By: quirkyalone http://www.reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-287 quirkyalone Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:47:31 +0000 http://reportr.net/2008/01/16/how-much-are-you-prepared-to-pay-for-free/#comment-287 >> Craigslist effectively undermined one of the main sources of revenues for newspapers, paid classifieds. Yes, but mainly because of the newspapers negligence. They could do that themselves before Craiglist did. >> Craigslist effectively undermined one of the main sources of revenues for newspapers, paid classifieds.

Yes, but mainly because of the newspapers negligence. They could do that themselves before Craiglist did.

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