Shirky: Fame vs Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content

Clay Shirkey has an interesting take on the context and exhibition of content. He feels that micropayments for content will not work because of "mental transaction cost" and because enough creative types will be willing to post content for free on the web because they can reach a wider audience than if they charge. This poses an interesting challenge for visual media, which perhaps takes more time, energy, and money to produce. Should creators of visual content be willing to forgo dollars for attention?

Shirky: Fame vs Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content