From: hal@finney.org
Date: Tue Aug 01 2000 - 14:36:14 MDT
Eliezer writes, regarding paying for music downloads:
> I wouldn't do it every time I downloaded, but for the songs I wanted to
> keep? Sure! In a flash! But the payment would have to be automatic;
> I'm not going to spend eight hours finding the email address to send the
> Paypal payment to.
There was a proposal discussed last week on the coderpunks list (offshoot
of cypherpunks) for embedding e-payment contact information in some of
the MP3 comment fields. Some discussion can be found at:
http://wmf.editthispage.com/discuss/msgReader$1469
http://www.quicktopic.com/3/H/tsmFyieoAjqzRWmeQe9
As well, perhaps the Mojo project mentioned earlier could evolve to
support this kind of voluntary payment.
Hal
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