April 16, 2008 at 03:09There are hardly any prospects for making money on replicating information
Attempts to earn money by replicating information are all more meaningless and dumber in the 21st century. For those who sell information, the 21st century will be difficult.
Labels will not be killed by piracy, but the Internet itself - musicians and listeners no longer need an intermediary. Moreover, the artist will no longer decide how much he will take for an album recorded once, 10 years ago. He will have to play concerts, come up withsomething new.
The Internet also affects those who earn on education. Now I do not know worthy examples, but now I do not need to attend a lecture, the lecturer does not need to repeat one lecture from year to year, and paid seminars can become available for free on the Internet.
Sooner or later, software developers will also be doomed to distribute software for free. The level of knowledge is growing in terms of such parameters as usability and productivity - free software will grow. Linux has grown to a desktop system, many have learned and are learning how to make money with free software. And some, like 37signals (Ruby on Rails), have achieved success with free software in a relatively short time (probably due to convenience and performance).
In the 21st century, you can easily make money by providing a convenient repository for information. If this is a service with social connections, then its methods of earning will not be very shaky with open source (remember livejournal.com). Photo hosting, audio (+ video) players - this is what we are hearing right now. Ahead is the success of bookreaders. It is likely that hosting of operating systems will come next.
It can be argued that when planning it is worth excluding the replication of information from the foundation of your business (perhaps some are doing it now, meaningfully or subconsciously). However, you can sellsomething rare, exclusive, exclusive only a few times, but expensive)
Music, Media
Labels will not be killed by piracy, but the Internet itself - musicians and listeners no longer need an intermediary. Moreover, the artist will no longer decide how much he will take for an album recorded once, 10 years ago. He will have to play concerts, come up with
Education
The Internet also affects those who earn on education. Now I do not know worthy examples, but now I do not need to attend a lecture, the lecturer does not need to repeat one lecture from year to year, and paid seminars can become available for free on the Internet.
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Sooner or later, software developers will also be doomed to distribute software for free. The level of knowledge is growing in terms of such parameters as usability and productivity - free software will grow. Linux has grown to a desktop system, many have learned and are learning how to make money with free software. And some, like 37signals (Ruby on Rails), have achieved success with free software in a relatively short time (probably due to convenience and performance).
Social repositories
In the 21st century, you can easily make money by providing a convenient repository for information. If this is a service with social connections, then its methods of earning will not be very shaky with open source (remember livejournal.com). Photo hosting, audio (+ video) players - this is what we are hearing right now. Ahead is the success of bookreaders. It is likely that hosting of operating systems will come next.
Opinion
It can be argued that when planning it is worth excluding the replication of information from the foundation of your business (perhaps some are doing it now, meaningfully or subconsciously). However, you can sell