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Eric Schmidt was talking about how 'micropayments' were the solution. Maybe people would pay a couple cents per video.
by zandorg 17y ago
Eric Schmidt was talking about how 'micropayments' were the solution. Maybe people would pay a couple cents per video.
- blhack 17y agoWould you? For me, youtube has largely replaced pirating music as a means for discovering bands (this is why it angers me so much when videos get muted). The cost for me to check out a band I might be interested in is ~$0.00. If they started charging me for this, I would either want something that I got to keep, or I would start pirating again.
- zandorg 17y agoBut music videos are promotional, meaning the label would pay YouTube/Google for the cost of distribution. You don't get CD quality on YouTube (and I actively buy CDs because they sound better to me than MP3). I mean TV shows, lectures and science programs - video with educational value.