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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
In other industries and media, compelling content and attractive presentation (and sometimes the threat of being shut out if you disobey the rules) is enough to justify individuals' paying for content. It works wonderfully in the cable industry, for instance. Is there some reason this cannot be true for web media as well? The answer may well impact the amount and quality of the content we can expect out of the web, and out of periodicals that transition to the web.
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There are a number of "pay for access" web sites which are successful. Examples, to name but two that immediately spring to mind, are the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Oxford English Dictionary sites. It seems to be a model that works especially well for "reference" type sites.