"if each site begins charging, using a news aggregator is going to be a very expensive proposition" Yes, it could be, but that won't happen unless the act of p

"if each site begins charging, using a news aggregator is going to be a very expensive proposition" Yes, it could be, but that won't happen unless the act of publishing gets regulated (like in China, where even bloggers have to (or will have to) have publishing licenses) and forced upon an artificial asking price.