The coming dark ages of the 'net?

[uncloned]

"The NY Times reports that the BBC has yielded to critics of its aggressive expansion, and is planning to make sweeping cuts in spending on its Web site and other digital operations. Members of the Conservative Party, which is expected to make electoral gains at the expense of the governing Labor Party, have called for the BBC to be reined in and last year James Murdoch criticized the BBC for providing 'free news' on the internet, making it 'incredibly hard for private news organizations to ask people to pay for their news.

http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/03/03/1026238/BBC-To-Make-Deep-Cuts-In-Internet-Services

why is the BBC listening to this? Those 5 or 10 dollar a month subscriptions add up quickly.

Of course, in an internet world where everything is pay, pay, pay we who release free music will benefit.  So its not all bad.

[Louigi Verona]

So basically, what they are complaining about is that their services are now irrelevant to society so we should artificially limit ourselves to make them relevant again.
Interesting...

[g]

We're being screwed either way Everybody want their piece.

[uncloned]

and here is one way they want to push the subscription world network

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35680893/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/