Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Interesting commentary on what people pay for in a "free" (as in information) society


Kevin Kelly -- The Technium
There are a number of other qualities similar to trust that are difficult to copy, and thus become valuable in this network economy. I think the best way to examine them is not from the eye of the producer, manufacturer, or creator, but from the eye of the user. We can start with a simple user question: why would we ever pay for anything that we could get for free? When anyone buys a version of something they could get for free, what are they purchasing?

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