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Jakob's first promoted micropayments in '98.

Will P2P finally make them happen? Clay Shirky doesn't think so.

"Micropayment systems have not failed because of poor implementation; they have failed because they are a bad idea. Furthermore, since their weakness is systemic, they will continue to fail in the future."

and Scott McCloud thinks they will

What do you think?

Posted at July 06, 2001 02:42 PM

have a good weekend all.

Posted by Jess at July 6, 2001 05:08 PM

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I wrote a little essay on it all if you're iterested.

Posted by Victor at July 6, 2001 07:02 PM

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(Boy, was that a long and useless posting or what? Sorry about that.)

Posted by WebWord at July 8, 2001 06:41 PM

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Micropayment with subsidy--same deal at New York Times, but if I click-through an ad, the advertiser pays for my page view...

Posted by Bloggle at July 8, 2001 11:05 PM

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wording stolen by the more-eloquent-than-I kottke
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