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Old 10-29-2010, 08:12 AM  
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There are a few really good topics here about monetizing "FREE" and usually from an article in Wired.

The article was published in Feb 2008.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free
This is a great article and every time I "loose my way" I read it over and over again. The problem arises when you add "theft" to the concept of freenomics. I quote unquote "theft" simply because I blame rights owners just as much as the "thieves" Rights holders need to provide legal access to not all but large parts of their libraries. Why? Because the market is already pricing it as close to zero as it can get. Today it can only serve as a tool to extract value in other areas in the chain. Question is, who's gonna extract that value? The producers and owners themselves? Sure, many will try to go down that path but they will fail. Isolating yourself on the net will not work, you need partners in the value chain. If, or rather when, you put your content into the public domain expect it to be picked up and used by whoever. If that whoever John Doe controls valuable resources in terms of fresh organic traffic you are loosing out not partnering with him on some level. What about those who control no organic resources? Well, the admission fee is getting higher by the day. Your friend is a relative democracy, just don't expect it to be easy.
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