You Say Micro, I Say Mini

The first direct rebuttal (of sorts) of Clay Shirky’s column last Friday: Henry Jenkins, who is director of the Program in Comparative Media Studies at MIT, writes about why we need to think about micropayments less as a revolutionary new technology and more as part of a long term evolution in the ways we think about online content.

“Micropayments will be most attractive where a range of small scale producers are trying to service the needs of committed and motivated consumers, where the reputation of certain pioneers will help to generate an initial market and create coattails for other less well-known artists, and where the price point remains lower than traditional credit cards can accommodate.”

Related: Fame vs Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content

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