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Re:The Future of the Recording Industry by nanijoe on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @06:15AM (#79159)
Its not really true that people will not pay for what they can get for free. If it is a lot more convenient to pay a small amount of money than to find something for free, I think most people will choose to pay.
Re:The Future of the Recording Industry by rms on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @06:27AM (#79161)
That's true. I used allofmp3 for my music before Oink came around. $1-2 was perfectly reasonable to pay for an album in my preferred non-DRM format. However, in the post Oink era, it is much easier and more convienient to not pay for music. I don't think the RIAA will ever come up with a solution more convenient than Oink and its successors.
Re:The Future of the Recording Industry by mattmaroon on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @12:30PM (#79345)
People will pay for convenience, but that isn't really micropayments.