Free Content Still Sells
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Books containing material available online for free, like the 9/11 Commission Report, are still managing to rack up good, and in some cases very impressive, sales. By Joanna Glasner.
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Despite plans to make WSJ free, renewal subscriptions still promote online fees.
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By Jordan Robertson  SAN JOSE, Calif. - So far, when it comes to making money, the online  video explosion is mostly about potential.
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Seth Godin published a book under a Creative Commons license that allows anyone to republish and sell it. But he was a little surprised when someone actually did.
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It's a matter of selling additional services to subscribers.
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FreeiPods.com is busier than ever, but users complain about spam, mishandled accounts and shipping delays. The company admits there are difficulties, but blames the problems on the site's popularity, not a crumbling pyramid. By Leander Kahney.
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Is there anything left in the world that hasn't been defaced by a corporate logo or cheapened by a vulgar sales pitch? Maybe, but it's getting harder to find. Commentary by Tony Long.
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An online marketing strategy offers free good now, but consumers will have to buy something later.
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By Dennis Rockstroh, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 17--I've said this for years.   Now the Better Business Bureau has issued a warning: free doesn't mean free anymore.
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By Scott Waldman, Erie Times-News, Pa.  Sep. 22--You can still buy a piece of Erie on the Internet.   But it might not be there for long.
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Site Offer The best of 2004, for less
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Social network will allow individual creators to put a price on their content.
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The FreeiPods.com website looks as phony as a $3 bill. In fact, it's at the forefront of performance-based marketing, as advertisers discover it's more effective to spend $50 million on gifts than to blow the cash on TV ads. By Leander Kahney.
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The contents of the site, whose goal is to discourage âunethical behaviorâ by corporations and governments, can still be found on âmirror sitesâ around the Internet.
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Blog: New fees don't appear to have stopped many Webcasters from silencing their streams yet, but they're still counting on a formal compromise with the music industry.
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The simple answer is no. Despite this, one of the best ways to increase your organic traffic is to start an aggressive PPC campaign.
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One of the most important recent events in the world of free software has been the release of version 3 of the GNU GPL.  There were fierce arguments about its utility while it was being drawn up, and although the rhetoric has abated somewhat, there is still a big question mark over its eventual success.  Some evidence suggests that GPLv3 uptake is coming along nicely, while other reports indicate a reluctance to adopt it (but note also Matt Asay's neat reconciliation of these contradictory messages).  To see what's likely to happen in the long term, it's useful to look back at the past history of licence adoption.