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  • This is win-win "freeconomics": because some pay a premium, everyone gets to graze for nothing.

    We Read It So You Don’t Have to: ‘Free’ 2009

  • Then I find out that Chris Anderson, of Long tail fame, is writing a book on 'freeconomics'.

    Stephen's Lighthouse: February 2008 Archives 2008

  • Then I find out that Chris Anderson, of Long tail fame, is writing a book on 'freeconomics'.

    Stephen's Lighthouse: Libraries are FREE 2 2008

  • The rise of "freeconomics" is being driven by the underlying technologies that power the Web.

    Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business Chris Anderson 2008

  • Since giving stuff away free online is a subject directly related to issues like Digital Rights Management, I found this Guardian interview with Wired editor Chris Anderson on his concept of 'freeconomics' fascinating reading, although I'm not sure I agree with everything he has to say by any means.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • The rise of "freeconomics" is being driven by the underlying technologies that power the Web.

    Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business By Chris Anderson 2008

  • Lingham's interest in "freeconomics" started a couple of years before 2008.

    Muti 2010

  • Lingham's interest in "freeconomics" started a couple of years before 2008.

    Muti 2010

  • So, instead of trying to fight the Internet, the studios are best advised to ride the crest of "freeconomics" that is Korea. copyright 1999 - 2009 ohmynews all rights reserved.

    Ohmynews International 2009

  • And just to throw out a rub: This is why "freeconomics" won't work, because it models an excessive pricing structure on one good to make up the "cost" of the other.

    Techdirt 2009

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  • "Chris Anderson's Free unpacks a paradox of the online marketplace—people making money charging nothing.... Highlights:

    1. In November 2008, Monty Python gave away popular clips on YouTube. By February its DVD sales were up 23,000 percent on Amazon. This is win-win 'freeconomics': because some pay a premium, everyone gets to graze for nothing."

    —"We Read It So You Don't Have To: 'Free'," Newsweek, July 20, 2009

    July 21, 2009