Comments on: Giving the readers more than just news http://www.plenty2say.com/giving-the-readers-more-than-just-news Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Michael Castello http://www.plenty2say.com/giving-the-readers-more-than-just-news/comment-page-1#comment-800 Michael Castello Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:27:27 +0000 http://www.plenty2say.com/?p=2866#comment-800 I quibble with the idea that music has "ceased to be of any value." <a href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20091109/1521136859.shtml" target="_blank">Free doesn't have to mean devalued</a> (TechDirt.com) - in fact, I'd say that free music (and free news) has a powerful value as a promotional vehicle for something else. What's changed is that what can be replicated by anybody with a computer is no longer scarce, which makes it a little silly to try and charge for it. Instead, the key to moving forward is understanding that the value in the free things is not monetary, but promotional. Thanks for the mention! I quibble with the idea that music has "ceased to be of any value." Free doesn't have to mean devalued (TechDirt.com) – in fact, I'd say that free music (and free news) has a powerful value as a promotional vehicle for something else. What's changed is that what can be replicated by anybody with a computer is no longer scarce, which makes it a little silly to try and charge for it. Instead, the key to moving forward is understanding that the value in the free things is not monetary, but promotional.

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