This article over on the New York Times makes me chuckle.
Point of amusement #1: The Headline. “Media Outlets Prepare to Charge for Content Online”. No offense NYT, but media outlets have been talking about charging for content for years now. The problem: charging for information on the internet is like trying sell oxygen to a greenhouse. Anything media outlets could charge for today was probably available yesterday for free. Yet as much as they try to crack down on that sorta thing with DRM and DMCA takedown notices and over the top lawsuits it never seems to actually cut down on “piracy”.
Point of amusement #2: This quote at the end.
“One of the problems is newspapers fired so many journalists and turned them loose to start so many blogs,” Mr. Mutter said. “They should have executed them. They wouldn’t have had competition. But they foolishly let them out alive.”
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