Newspapers to establish Internet toll booths
Posted by Lisette García on September 22, 2009 at 12:47 PM
An idea five years in the making may finally have its day, The Associated Press reported Monday.
In response to public outrage, Microsoft in 2004 formally withdrew a plan to impose a gatekeeping function with every Windows interface via the Internet. "This is a personal promise directly from Microsoft to you, and you acknowledge as a condition of benefiting from it that no Microsoft rights are received from suppliers, distributors, or otherwise in connection with this promise," pledged the company in an online statement.
In response to public outrage, Microsoft in 2004 formally withdrew a plan to impose a gatekeeping function with every Windows interface via the Internet. "This is a personal promise directly from Microsoft to you, and you acknowledge as a condition of benefiting from it that no Microsoft rights are received from suppliers, distributors, or otherwise in connection with this promise," pledged the company in an online statement.
Today, however, using a similar concept called ViewPass, Journalism Online LLC is gearing up to bring U.S.
newspaper publishers the user fees they so desperately need just to
stay afloat.
Critics have long argued that net neutrality legislation in the U.S. Congress - which prohibits such Internet toll booths - is central to keeping the exchange of ideas flowing and, in turn, the quality of content rising, according to The New York Times. Other publishers such as News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch disagree, saying that quality journalism is a pricey commodity, which free access to defeats.
Critics have long argued that net neutrality legislation in the U.S. Congress - which prohibits such Internet toll booths - is central to keeping the exchange of ideas flowing and, in turn, the quality of content rising, according to The New York Times. Other publishers such as News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch disagree, saying that quality journalism is a pricey commodity, which free access to defeats.
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