Earnings on replicating information are unlikely to have prospects

Attempts to make money on replicating information are becoming more and more stupid and stupid in the 21st century For those who sell information, the 21st century will be difficult.

Music, Media

Labels will not kill piracy, and the Internet itself - musicians and listeners no longer need a mediator. Moreover, the artist will no longer decide how much he will take for an album recorded once, 10 years ago. He will have to play concerts, invent something new.

Education

The Internet will also affect those who make money on education. Now I don’t know worthy examples, but now I don’t need to attend a lecture, the lecturer doesn’t need to repeat one lecture year after year, and paid seminars can be available for free on the Internet.

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Sooner or later, software developers will also be doomed to distribute software for free. The level of knowledge is growing in parameters such as usability and performance - free software will grow. Linux has grown to a desktop system, many have learned and are learning how to make money from free software. And some, such as 37signals (Ruby on Rails), have achieved success with free software in a relatively short time (probably due to convenience and performance).

Social repositories

In the 21st century, you can easily make money by providing convenient storage for information. If this is a service with social connections, then its ways of earning will not be much shaken with open source (remember livejournal.com). Photohosting, audio (+ video) players - this is what we have heard right now. Ahead of the success of bookreaders. It is likely that further will be hosting operating systems.

Opinion

It can be argued that when planning it is worth excluding the replication of information from the foundation of your business (perhaps, some are doing it now, consciously or unconsciously). However, you can sell something rare, exclusive, exclusive only a few times, but expensive)