[WikiEN-l] Andrew Keen continues to be teflon clueless

[David Gerard]

http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=556&doc_id=166342&

"So how will today's brutal economic climate change the Web 2.0 "free"
economy? It will result in the rise of online media businesses that
reward their contributors with cash; it will mean the success of Knol
over Wikipedia, Mahalo over Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), TheAtlantic.com
over the HuffingtonPost.com, iTunes over MySpace, Hulu over YouTube
Inc. , Playboy.com over Voyeurweb.com, TechCrunch over the
blogosphere, CNN's professional journalism over CNN's iReporter
citizen-journalism... The hungry and cold unemployed masses aren't
going to continue giving away their intellectual labor on the Internet
in the speculative hope that they might get some "back end" revenue.
"Free" doesn't fill anyone's belly; it doesn't warm anyone up. "

If only the economic downturn would eliminate the market for Andrew Keen.


- d.