The Internet may not be in its infancy but it’s still relatively new. Restrictions exist but they’re few and far between and nearly everything is still free. Aside from the initial access fees, television stayed relatively free for it’s lifetime because it was Tran missive and the opportunity for interaction simply wasn’t there. The alarming number of people responding to the web 2.0 phenomena, participating freely within this realm of citizen media, corporations are watching hungrily thinking of ways to profit from this robust, untapped market.
The television writers strike was in indicator that big business is well aware of the large market online, and is no doubt planning ways to charge for services that we’ve long taken for granted as free. The question is, if Blogs suddenly cost money to start, does this barrier to entry (that could be very real for some) have a large enough impact on social media to taint the entire market? It may seem like a drop in the bucket, but if this is just the beginning it’ll be difficult to tell where this new co modification of the Internet could lead.
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