Comments on: Charity or Collaboration? http://newsinnovation.com/2009/07/19/charity-or-collaboration/ Discussing the future of news Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tom matrullo http://newsinnovation.com/2009/07/19/charity-or-collaboration/#comment-397 tom matrullo Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:11:41 +0000 http://newsinnovation.com/?p=1512#comment-397 If you see the schizoid way in which the "atom" side of the net - the Pipes of the ISPs - have a viable business model through which they rake in billions - while the "bits" side of the net is floundering without a clue as to how to "monetize" - it might be worth considering that to the end user, the Net is One entity. When we pay $$ to our ISPs, we pay for service, but that's because there's "content" there. Essentially we feel we are paying for the whole megilla. However, the ISPs pass along nothing to the content side. Why does it not make sense to have a more equitable vision in which, say, half the ISP fee goes to a general fund, from which micropayments are made to content providers? Most end users cannot afford Andrew Keen's "vision" of a new feudal net, where the wealthy pay for content and the poor do without. Also, the essentially hackable nature of the net will undo all such efforts. We have to look at this whole thing anew. Here's one effort: http://interimtom.blogspot.com/2009/07/fuck-piper.html If you see the schizoid way in which the “atom” side of the net – the Pipes of the ISPs – have a viable business model through which they rake in billions – while the “bits” side of the net is floundering without a clue as to how to “monetize” – it might be worth considering that to the end user, the Net is One entity.

When we pay $$ to our ISPs, we pay for service, but that’s because there’s “content” there. Essentially we feel we are paying for the whole megilla. However, the ISPs pass along nothing to the content side.

Why does it not make sense to have a more equitable vision in which, say, half the ISP fee goes to a general fund, from which micropayments are made to content providers?

Most end users cannot afford Andrew Keen’s “vision” of a new feudal net, where the wealthy pay for content and the poor do without.

Also, the essentially hackable nature of the net will undo all such efforts.

We have to look at this whole thing anew. Here’s one effort:

http://interimtom.blogspot.com/2009/07/fuck-piper.html

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