week three-How much information should be free and how to decide

Today, we can easily get information from the internet, and the internet is borderless. There is a problem come out. Do we need to pay for the information, and how much information needs to pay?

The information published in the internet, it makes the information be shared. However which kind of information need be paid is not easy to define. All information need be free (Levy, 1984) However, the owner of copyright cannot provide free information. At first, the owner cannot give free information with expense a lot of resources. In this way the user need to pay for their work. A big forward could be made by making information free and be welcome the interest for who want to know it. (Engelkamp, & Jahn, &Seiler, 2003)Paid information is not good for spreading. Pay or not to pay is difficult to decide. Based on the hierarchy of needs of user, decide the paid information may be the suitable choice. The value of the information can also decide the need of users. For example, professional projects need a lot of technical knowledge to support. The information need be strict the truth. In this time, the paid data will more reliable. Users also easier to choose pay for the useful information. Based on the need of information to decide how much information should be paid could be more reality.

Internet promotes new form of economy and new states that abolish scarcity of abundance, diversity replace standardization and replace hierarchy with participation and democratization. (Curran, J. &Fenton, N. &Freedman, D., 2012) Internet can bring profit from different forms.  From the perspective of the consumer decide information get fee or not will suitable for the network environment develop.     

Curran, J. &Fenton, N. &Freedman, D. (2012) Misunderstanding the Internet. London: Routledge Ltd. p.180

Levy, S. (1984) Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. New York: Anchor Press

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