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Wow - I posted what I thought was a thoughtful comment on Fred's blog, disagreeing with his throw-away intro on paid content - and it seems to have disappeared?
by lmg643 12y ago
Wow - I posted what I thought was a thoughtful comment on Fred's blog, disagreeing with his throw-away intro on paid content - and it seems to have disappeared?
My point was, why should we reward Business Insider for ripping off content, instead of rewarding WSJ?
Why not reward originators of content, instead of recyclers? Clearly, he liked the interview enough to link to it - why should BI get a benefit instead of WSJ? He seems to think that it is "inevitable" that digital content will get ripped off, but perhaps that's only true if they (a) don't innovate on payment models, (b) don't innovate on fair use rules.
One of the digital currency companies in USV's portfolio could surely work out a micropayments deal with WSJ to allow people to pay-per-use for content, instead of subscribe.
So - that was the gist of what I had to say. Insightful, maybe not.
But now I'll add to it - I much prefer the YC approach, where my comments are free to sit there, and get ranked accordingly.
- tomjakubowski 12y ago> But now I'll add to it - I much prefer the YC approach, where my comments are free to sit there, and get ranked accordingly. Sure, assuming you haven't been shadowbanned for some arbitrary reason years ago, in which case your comments are free to sit there invisible to most without you knowing.