Ah, micropayments, that favorite topic of mine! Way back when, long before blip, I tried to build a micropayments service with a few of the folks now at blip. The challenges we saw then are the same challenges we see now: in order to do micropayments effectively you need a system to pool transactions, and to do this you need a compelling collection of content from a compelling collection of providers. At the end of the day building a real micropayments system is really about network building. No one's managed to do this well.
> -----Original Message----- > From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Watson > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:00 AM > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and > aggregators in general > > I was just thinking of micro-payments. Any info out there on > the topic, or can we have a conversation. > > Cheers, > Ron Watson > > Pawsitive Vybe > 11659 Berrigan Ave > Cedar Springs, MI 49319 > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > Personal Contact: > 616.802.8923 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On the Web: > http://pawsitivevybe.com > http://k9disc.com > http://k9disc.blip.tv > > > On Jan 27, 2007, at 11:26 AM, johnleeke wrote: > > > It is fascinating to read between the lines and learn business > > diplomacy from Mike. > > > > I agree with David, when it comes to the legality and > morality of the > > issue, "opt out" simply empowers the illegal and immoral actions of > > these secondary agrigators and distributors of our content. > They want > > and take our content because it has a higher value that > what they have > > to pay for it. The fact that their business model is based > on paying > > absolutely nothing for the content is the problem. > > > > "We cannot afford it" sounds pretty lame when they have > million dollar > > budgets. But even on lesser budgets what happened to the "micro > > payment" idea? Wern't computers supposed to make "micro payments" > > practical? Why don't they set a policy of always paying, > then pay what > > they can negotiate with the content maker? Blip has done it > so we know > > it is possible. If they cannot arrive at an agreement with > the content > > makers, then they don't take the content. > > > > This seems pretty simple, and most of us learned it from > our Mommies > > by the time we were ten: > > > > "If it doesn't belong to you, then don't take it." > > > > Every particle of the conflict in this issue arises out of the fact > > that it appears they think they can ignore this basic tenant of our > > morality-based society. > > > > I think the fact that they do, or do not, "show their > faces" in this > > discussion tells us a lot about their character and intent. > > > > Mike and all, thanks for the good works and thoughtful discussions. > > > > John > > www.HistoricHomeWorks.com > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
