Comments | ontd_political: The Internet is not free!

evildevil in ontd_political

The Internet is not free!

Jul 25, 2009 10:21

Diller Calls Free Web Content a ‘Myth, Joins Refrain

Barry Diller, chairman and chief executive officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp, said Web users will have to pay for what they watch and use, joining the refrain of media moguls who say an era of free Internet content is ending.

The media and technology executive, whose company runs the Ask.com search ( Read more... )

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morbidoutlook July 25 2009, 19:59:21 UTC

Lol, the pirating business would just get bigger then.

kimbari July 26 2009, 00:43:32 UTC

That's exactly what I was thinking.

box_in_the_box July 25 2009, 20:00:36 UTC

I hope they try.

And I hope they die.

So many of the people in power now are like little kids, who simply won't accept that the stove is hot until they burn their hands on it.

If people have to pay to cite sources, they'll simply stop citing those sources.

Of course, this assumes that people would actually have to pay in the first place, since pure text is the easiest thing in the world to "steal," and even video is running a close second now.

So, yes, go ahead and tell the Internet that it has to pay for something that it considers itself entitled to have for free, because that's gone over SO well so far.

While you're at it, you should tell the denizens of /b/ that they're no longer allowed to call each other "nigger" or "faggot," because you can expect a similar rate of non-success on that score.

THE INTERNET WILL RAPE YOU, OLD!MEDIA.

just_smiling July 25 2009, 20:00:53 UTC

BS.

just offering free streams and selling advertising

That's how it's NOT FREE. People sit through those shit commercials while those two/three companies rack in the money.

crunk_cubed July 25 2009, 20:04:12 UTC

aw hale naw, they cant take my internets from me.

if this happens i'll be like, "brb rioting in streets"

amphigory July 25 2009, 20:09:43 UTC

25 cents for every hour of Internet use

lol No.

jeterluva July 25 2009, 22:13:38 UTC

Didn't the internet companies charge by the hour years and years ago? They cut that shit out because people thought it sucked. Or am I just remembering wrong?

gmth July 25 2009, 22:18:06 UTC

Yep, they sure did. AOL did, at least. I don't remember why they stopped, but I do remember when they went from paying by the hour to unlimited use for a monthly fee. For about three months it was impossible to log on because everyone was on all the damn time and all of the circuits were always busy. To this day, I can't imagine why they didn't see that coming.

amphigory July 26 2009, 00:28:31 UTC

I think they still do that in some places in Europe.