Comments on: Price Ceiling of Music is “Free” http://www.stevepoland.com/price-ceiling-of-music-is-free/ Serial entrepreneur and former early @TechCrunch Writer. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justin Goldberg http://www.stevepoland.com/price-ceiling-of-music-is-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Justin Goldberg Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:26:15 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/price-ceiling-of-music-is-free/#comment-1240 There are many free 3d shooters on sourceforge, and some are very good an complete, but I suppose you're right, none <em>exactly</em> like Halo. There are many free 3d shooters on sourceforge, and some are very good an complete, but I suppose you’re right, none exactly like Halo.

]]> By: Jay Parkhill http://www.stevepoland.com/price-ceiling-of-music-is-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Jay Parkhill Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:44:08 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/price-ceiling-of-music-is-free/#comment-1239 I don't think so, Steve. Music has been "free" for decades- listening to the radio costs nothing (beyond the hardware) but that never stopped the record (and 8-track, cassette and CD) business. I think free-to-own is going to become a much larger part of the musical experience than in the last 100 years, but it's going to take another decade or more to get there without the risk of being sued. At the same time, some people will always pay for convenience. Make it simple to buy on impulse and a lot of people will. Free will be a solid floor, but not the ceiling. I don’t think so, Steve. Music has been “free” for decades- listening to the radio costs nothing (beyond the hardware) but that never stopped the record (and 8-track, cassette and CD) business.

I think free-to-own is going to become a much larger part of the musical experience than in the last 100 years, but it’s going to take another decade or more to get there without the risk of being sued.

At the same time, some people will always pay for convenience. Make it simple to buy on impulse and a lot of people will. Free will be a solid floor, but not the ceiling.

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