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This is win-win "freeconomics": because some pay a premium, everyone gets to graze for nothing.
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Then I find out that Chris Anderson, of Long tail fame, is writing a book on 'freeconomics'.
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Then I find out that Chris Anderson, of Long tail fame, is writing a book on 'freeconomics'.
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The rise of "freeconomics" is being driven by the underlying technologies that power the Web.
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business Chris Anderson 2008
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Since giving stuff away free online is a subject directly related to issues like Digital Rights Management, I found this Guardian interview with Wired editor Chris Anderson on his concept of 'freeconomics' fascinating reading, although I'm not sure I agree with everything he has to say by any means.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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The rise of "freeconomics" is being driven by the underlying technologies that power the Web.
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business By Chris Anderson 2008
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Lingham's interest in "freeconomics" started a couple of years before 2008.
Muti 2010
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Lingham's interest in "freeconomics" started a couple of years before 2008.
Muti 2010
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So, instead of trying to fight the Internet, the studios are best advised to ride the crest of "freeconomics" that is Korea. copyright 1999 - 2009 ohmynews all rights reserved.
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And just to throw out a rub: This is why "freeconomics" won't work, because it models an excessive pricing structure on one good to make up the "cost" of the other.
Techdirt 2009
chained_bear commented on the word freeconomics
"Chris Anderson's Free unpacks a paradox of the online marketplace—people making money charging nothing.... Highlights:
1. In November 2008, Monty Python gave away popular clips on YouTube. By February its DVD sales were up 23,000 percent on Amazon. This is win-win 'freeconomics': because some pay a premium, everyone gets to graze for nothing."
—"We Read It So You Don't Have To: 'Free'," Newsweek, July 20, 2009
July 21, 2009