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For some times now I’ve been saying information wants to be free, but people like to be paid. […]

For some times now I’ve been saying information wants to be free, but people like to be paid. Print VersionThe Seven Deadly Sins of Free Content: Spears & Daggers is one of the most passionate arguments against free content.

Boxes and Arrows is still free. I suppose our sin is pride, so we ignore our costs and keep spitting the dang thing out.

Speaking of free content, how have I missed blogcritics for so long. I dig it.

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  1. 1
    Madonnalisa

    An a similar note, just read a Forrester Report on the spending and Internet habits of the wealthy. One of the analysis reported that the wealthy would more than likely pay for content and some already do…

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    Tom

    In my experience those that write the most worthwhile reading do it because they love it. They only charge because hey! we all have to eat between working. 😉

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    Paul Nattress

    I run a hobby site about creative writing but it gets updated very infrequently because of my intense lack of time. If I charged for this content I would be accountable to my paying readers. What happens when I get a choice of delivering content on my hobby site to satisfy the demands of my paying readers or doing my 9-5 (ha! 8-8 more like it) job?

    There’s always space for free content on the web. If there wasn’t, we wouldn’t have had the web in the first place.

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    Paul Nattress

    I run a hobby site about creative writing but I never have the time to update it frequently. If I charged for the content I would have to make the choice between being answerable to my paying readers or sitting down and doing my 9-5 (ha! more like 8-8) job.

    We would never have had the web in the first place if it wasn’t for free content.

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    Paul Nattress

    I run a hobby site about creative writing but I never have the time to update it frequently. If I charged for the content I would have to make the choice between being answerable to my paying readers or sitting down and doing my 9-5 (ha! more like 8-8) job.

    We would never have had the web in the first place if it wasn’t for free content.

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