Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 26, 2003 11:32 PM
I was with you right up until the end:
Or perhaps the answer is much more mundane: advertising. It has worked for television -- why not for MP3 and DIVX downloads?
Ick.
It is my opinion that advertising has been a major downfall for email/www information-sharing. Let's try to find a way to keep it pure. I'd rather pay a nominal subscription fee than have to worry about "taglines" being added to all my MP3 files.
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Nice write up, but...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 26, 2003 11:32 PMOr perhaps the answer is much more mundane: advertising. It has worked for television -- why not for MP3 and DIVX downloads?
Ick.
It is my opinion that advertising has been a major downfall for email/www information-sharing. Let's try to find a way to keep it pure. I'd rather pay a nominal subscription fee than have to worry about "taglines" being added to all my MP3 files.
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