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	<title>Comments on: Should All Information Be Free?</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Nee</title>
		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-673110</link>
		<dc:creator>Nee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi! Great points made up above! I am writing a debate about this at the moment for a competition and I have to agree with what most have you said (except for the spam comments). Info. is never even free on the internet anyway because not does it take time to acquire it, it also costs money for internet conection and even more on dial up. No matter where we go people will rip us off for the resources we use.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi! Great points made up above! I am writing a debate about this at the moment for a competition and I have to agree with what most have you said (except for the spam comments). Info. is never even free on the internet anyway because not does it take time to acquire it, it also costs money for internet conection and even more on dial up. No matter where we go people will rip us off for the resources we use.</p>
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		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-489925</link>
		<dc:creator>RobertM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-233189</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-233189</guid>
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		<title>By: Patrick Huey</title>
		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-63419</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Huey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-63419</guid>
		<description>While I feel empathy among the purists that all information should be free, the reality is that all information comes at a price (even free information).  It's certainly possible to get valuable information for free instead of paying hundreds or thousands of dollars like some people or companies have done, but for most people, they spend hours, days or even weeks to gather that free information.  So while they may have saved a few bucks, they lost precious time that could have been better spent building a business, meeting with customers, having quality time with family, etc.

In a way, information on the internet is like water.  Water is all around us and we can get "free" water just by turning on the tap; yet the bottled water industry has made billions of dollars by marketing cleaner or more pure water than they can get from the tap.  Don't forget that people will pay a premium for convenience, whether it's food, water, cleaning services or even online information.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I feel empathy among the purists that all information should be free, the reality is that all information comes at a price (even free information).  It&#8217;s certainly possible to get valuable information for free instead of paying hundreds or thousands of dollars like some people or companies have done, but for most people, they spend hours, days or even weeks to gather that free information.  So while they may have saved a few bucks, they lost precious time that could have been better spent building a business, meeting with customers, having quality time with family, etc.</p>
<p>In a way, information on the internet is like water.  Water is all around us and we can get &#8220;free&#8221; water just by turning on the tap; yet the bottled water industry has made billions of dollars by marketing cleaner or more pure water than they can get from the tap.  Don&#8217;t forget that people will pay a premium for convenience, whether it&#8217;s food, water, cleaning services or even online information.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Hitt</title>
		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-61238</link>
		<dc:creator>Justin Hitt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-61238</guid>
		<description>All information is free if you are willing to trade enough time to discover it!  That time could be experience, trial &#38; error, or just days of searching the Internet.

Yes, advertisers will influence the direction of content, if even by how much they are willing to pay for certain channels.  Unsuspecting users are willing to live with that because they don't know any better.

Content producers (writers, artists, ...) will never be paid well for what they do if they don't learn how to turn "information" into tools to save readers time, convey expertise, or create value.

Much of the "Free" information on the Internet is so watered down it costs hours to find something useful ... and as long as that is the case, my paid membership sites will thrive because I save my audience time while creating value.

Of course, time is more valuable than money.  You can always make more money, you can never make more time.  So the question may be, "What does free information really cost?"

Sincerely,

Justin Hitt
757-282-7779
Turning Relationships into Profits Guaranteed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All information is free if you are willing to trade enough time to discover it!  That time could be experience, trial &amp; error, or just days of searching the Internet.</p>
<p>Yes, advertisers will influence the direction of content, if even by how much they are willing to pay for certain channels.  Unsuspecting users are willing to live with that because they don&#8217;t know any better.</p>
<p>Content producers (writers, artists, &#8230;) will never be paid well for what they do if they don&#8217;t learn how to turn &#8220;information&#8221; into tools to save readers time, convey expertise, or create value.</p>
<p>Much of the &#8220;Free&#8221; information on the Internet is so watered down it costs hours to find something useful &#8230; and as long as that is the case, my paid membership sites will thrive because I save my audience time while creating value.</p>
<p>Of course, time is more valuable than money.  You can always make more money, you can never make more time.  So the question may be, &#8220;What does free information really cost?&#8221;</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Justin Hitt<br />
757-282-7779<br />
Turning Relationships into Profits Guaranteed</p>
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		<title>By: Mordechai (Morty) Schiller</title>
		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-60922</link>
		<dc:creator>Mordechai (Morty) Schiller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://bly.com/blog/general/should-all-information-be-free/#comment-60922</guid>
		<description>Bob,

There's no simple "digital" yes/no answer. Part of the problem goes back to the halcyon years of the early Arpanet and Internet: Many of the people involved were idealists who saw the Internet as the ultimate "power to the people." It was the pamphleteer's dream come true.

Then the media and corporate America discovered the Net. What was originally a means of connecting scientists, became a new commercial medium.

That doesn't change the fact that writers and others who create "content" have a right to be paid for their work. Otherwise, to paraphrase Samuel Johnson, only blockheads will continue writing. Or people shilling for the highest bidding advertisers!

Still, if you've been wired for long, you've gotten used to vast libraries of information available for free. And anyone who has ever tried to convert a controlled circulation magazine or newsletter to paid subscriptions... or anyone who has tried to "monetize" a blog... can tell you that once people get something for free, it's hard to convince them to pay for it!

So what do you do? Hey, you wrote the book on direct marketing (or a bunch of them, anyway). The answer is TEST! 

Do your own free articles on you website help sell your books and your services? 

Is the Wall St. Journal online making money?

Whatever works for you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bob,</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no simple &#8220;digital&#8221; yes/no answer. Part of the problem goes back to the halcyon years of the early Arpanet and Internet: Many of the people involved were idealists who saw the Internet as the ultimate &#8220;power to the people.&#8221; It was the pamphleteer&#8217;s dream come true.</p>
<p>Then the media and corporate America discovered the Net. What was originally a means of connecting scientists, became a new commercial medium.</p>
<p>That doesn&#8217;t change the fact that writers and others who create &#8220;content&#8221; have a right to be paid for their work. Otherwise, to paraphrase Samuel Johnson, only blockheads will continue writing. Or people shilling for the highest bidding advertisers!</p>
<p>Still, if you&#8217;ve been wired for long, you&#8217;ve gotten used to vast libraries of information available for free. And anyone who has ever tried to convert a controlled circulation magazine or newsletter to paid subscriptions&#8230; or anyone who has tried to &#8220;monetize&#8221; a blog&#8230; can tell you that once people get something for free, it&#8217;s hard to convince them to pay for it!</p>
<p>So what do you do? Hey, you wrote the book on direct marketing (or a bunch of them, anyway). The answer is TEST! </p>
<p>Do your own free articles on you website help sell your books and your services? </p>
<p>Is the Wall St. Journal online making money?</p>
<p>Whatever works for you!</p>
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