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Old 11-09-2009, 12:35 PM   #1
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Well I guess it has been a long time coming. Big business is going to try to make money off of the internet in some way. I am really surprised that they have not started to charge for email yet. You know like they talked about one time charging for every message like a stamped letter. I don't like it but I guess they have a right to it. It will redirect searching to free sites and if more business charges to view content then the possiblity that many will do the same and that will either funnel the majority of content to free sites or more free sites will open. And then what if people who pay for the content just copy it to free sites? It certainly opens up a lot of discussion anytime people take away something that use to be free and starts to charge for it.
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Old 11-09-2009, 12:49 PM   #2
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You know like they talked about one time charging for every message like a stamped letter. I don't like it but I guess they have a right to it.
That would totally suck!

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And then what if people who pay for the content just copy it to free sites?
Uh, copyright infringement?
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Old 11-09-2009, 11:24 PM   #3
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You know like they talked about one time charging for every message like a stamped letter. I don't like it but I guess they have a right to it.
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That would totally suck!
Yeah, but it would put spammers straight out of business! The idea is still floated from time to time, often with the 0.1 cent per email going to some charity or something.
Worth thinking about, I say.
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Old 11-10-2009, 12:37 AM   #4
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Depends if the charge against the sender or recipient.
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