Internet Micro-Payments Are Not the Inevitable of Paid Online Content
Barry Diller has made billions of dollars on the Internet. So when he said that Internet content would be "paid" content within five age I agreed. However then I disagreed. First off, I have to authority that I'm damn impressed by the dimensions of money that Mister Diller generates everyone and every minute on the Internet (his firm, IAC, uses around 30 sites to practise over $1.5Billion a year). With that type of street cred, it's hard to argue with him. And yet, I can't advice on the contrary disagree with his recent statements in a BusinessWeek interview that " everything of any value " on the Internet would be fee-based within 5 years. No, he isn't wrong approximately his core statement - I agree that "most" dear content will be fee-based. ...
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