Many are unwilling to pay for Internet content

International GfK survey on Internet use in 17 countries
13% of users with private Internet access would be prepared to pay for online information: 8% would accept a charge for advertising-free content, and  5% would even pay to access content with advertisements. However, the majority of surfers want to continue to use the Internet free of charge, as they have always done. These are the findings of the international survey “Internet Use”, which was conducted by GfK Custom Research and the GfK Association on behalf of the Wall Street Journal Europe in 16 European countries and the USA.

press release with details per country:

http://www.gfk.com/imperia/md/content/presse/091211_wsje_internet_efin.pdf

Understanding the Business Model of FREE

Chris Anderson (author of Long Tail) speaks about the socioeconomic backgrounds of Free Business Model and summarize his new book ‘Free – The Future of a Radical Price’

Chris drinks his own wine: his book was free as ebook (300k issues) and will stay free to download as audiobook: direct link: http://www.wired.com/images/multimedia/free/FREE_Audiobook_unabridged.zip

Chris’ Blog: http://www.longtail.com/

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.