Reestablishing the Value of Content
Gerry McGovern,
Ubiquity,
May 28, 2002
This item is probably going to be circulated around the othewr lists with many nods and agreeing smiles, but aside from the passion in the argument I don't see any particular value here. It's the old argument - if we would all just recognize how valuable content is, we would be so inclined to want free content. Slightly different take in that the author recognizes that there is a cost to the reader for all content, even free content: the time it takes to read it. Well, yeah, and that's partially why it makes it annoying to have to pay money for content too: I am giving your ideas and opinions my valuable eyeball time, and you want me to pay you? It just goes to show that content has to be *really* good to demand payment, and the vast bulk of content - including much of what currently demands a subscription fee - does not make the grade. You want to make money off the web? Offer a service. It's more reliable - and more honest - than trying to rely on some stale content monopoly.
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