Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen offered: Subject: Re: [Leica] NY Times Article on Famous Rosa Parks Photo >I can't get over the fact that people are willing to subscribe to news > papers, but are somehow offended by having to pay for news and feature > material if its delivered over the internet. << Hi B.D., I'm surprised we aren't charged for internet information by many services far more than we are. The "for free" syndrome was created I think at the beginning by internet elite who conceived it to pass information back and forth quickly between a select group of users to be free to make instant use in critical situations. Then along came this massive www communications system we have today where it seems everything and anything you want is user free. But I don't think that's going to last whether people like it or not. A few years ago I asked an internet chap "how do people make money off the internet?" Like who pays for websites and all the time it takes to put information, pictures, advertising and endless other things we find on line? His response was something like, " in some case's it's quite easy because it's merely a transfer of information already on computers some where and basically loaded by volunteers or students. Others receive payment for advertising space and that's how they make money." He then says, "However it wont last for ever! Sometime soon all these "free information" sites will be charging some kind of fee. It may only be a couple of bucks or an enormous amount. After all you don't go to the library, take books out for free nor use their research facilities for free." Newspapers/magazines will be charging a fee of some kind no different than you picking-up a copy at the newsstand or having it delivered to your home." Quote-unquote! So B.D. I'm sure we're going to see more and more of these charges appear simply because why should we get it free? Hey I'm not complaining, I think it's far better free than sliced bread ever was!. ;-) But imagine if each of us had to pay a monthly fee to Brian to be on the LUG would we do it? Yep I'd pay if it were a reasonable rate simply because we garner so much information that makes our lives personally and photographically more interesting. HOWEVER! BRIAN TAKE NOTE! ;-) We are all poor over worked, on pension senior citizens! So don't get any ideas! ;-) :-) We love you just the way you are! :-) :-) I've thought a few times when I've required to subscribe to enter a site "to hell with that." In after thought "why not pay" wouldn't I charge if I were being a consultant or asking a lawyer for advice? So we can get it in our minds sooner than later we're probably going to see far more pay fees flashed on the screen than ever in the past. Once one or two start then the flood gates will open. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited 1817 Feltham Road Victoria BC V8N 2A4 250-477-2156 ----- Original Message ----- From: "" <bdcolen@comcast.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:05 PM Do they think that papers - at > least major papers - don't have a major investment in their on-line > operations? Do they think that they are somehow entitled to free on-line > versions of that which they pay for on paper? And don't they understand > that > if newspapers can't find economically sustaining on-line models we will > cease to have newspapers, because readers of paper are a dying breed, > circulation of newspapers is shrinking, and without the net, newspapers > are > doomed? > > > > > On 12/7/05 3:17 PM, "Steven Keirstead" <keirst@fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > >> It's funny, the power of headlines and captions.... I never thought >> the guy behind Rosa Parks looked disgruntled, just neutral or bored. >> >> I'll have to swing by a library to check the story out in print, >> because I hate the fact that the NY Times now charges for some stuff >> online that they did not be fore the "Select" gimmick. I may not be >> averse to spending money on photo gear or sending money to NPR and >> WGBH, but we're awash in "free" news supported by ads. I do miss the >> columnists, but not $15 worth. >> >>> It is on the front page of the paper and accessible here, though I >>> think you'll need to log in to read it. The stone-faced guy sitting >>> behind her is a reporter, not a disgruntled rider, it turns out. >>> >>> http://select.nytimes.com/2005/12/07/nyregion/07towns.html?8hpib >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dick >>> Boston MA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >