Such a pathetic plea. Does this mean that the rest of the gen-x-internet-pioneer-guys are also going to wake up and realize their hair is gone and they're not getting paid for their work? Because of free internet types (like Lanier)the mechanisms have already been designed to distribute, peer to peer, massive ammounts of content. What he's asking for is something that's been failing since 99 in the Napster days . Since then we've all learned that even illegality can't stop piracy.
Things have gone so far that the music and pay software industry may take to simulating the peer to peer experience, for a fee. Apple's ipod may come with free itunes in the future though I'd feel like an ass if I paid for downloads and then some uber bit torrent came out, and I suspect many people feel the same way. Still it is a legitimate attempt to develop new models for paying for media.
As far as print content is concerned MocoLoco is pretty much the best you could be doing right now. He's got prime google result spots, a global network of writers, and several auxilary sites. In a recent lecture though the creator of MocoLoco mentioned that he's increasingly begun paying people for content. Which makes him a publisher. Right there we have a compensation model, huge websites need reliable contributors, just like magazines right?
The other option is to stay murkily amateur, Bike Snob has a joke on this, though he's right and so is Lanier. For the dedicated and skilled amateur advertising is the only viable option. That is until you get co-opted into another mega blog.
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