Pay for Content? Whaddya, Nuts?
Beth Cox,
Silicon Alley News,
Mar 18, 2002
I'm not sure how concerned educational content vendors are about the reluctance of web users to pay for content online, but they should be as many of the same factors are in play (for example: why would someone pay an online university simply to access content when they can obtain MIT content for free?). This article suggests a likely resolution that may have ripple effrects in the field of education: "The online future is beginning to look a lot like cable TV," Card said. "Established portals will emerge as networks that aggregate premium content and services in packages -- both those that portals determine and those that users customize. This will pave the way for content providers to resell premium content through numerous partners." This would be good news for companies like UNext or Hungry Minds, but there remains one major difference between cable companies and the internet: the cable companies have a monopoly on content: not just anyone can offer a (free) alternative. Will there be an internet equivalent? CRLF
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