Needed to celebrate desire to contribute for free rather than question it.

Just love this quote from Arianna Huffington

"Self expression is the new entertainment, We never used to question why people sit on the couch for seven hours a day watching bad TV. Nobody ever asked, 'Why are they doing that for free?' We need to celebrate [this desire to contribute for free] rather than question it."

Thanks to Seth Godin

Huffington's Golden age

I just love these quotes from Arianna Huffington in response to Rupert Murdoch's attacks on news aggregators

Trying to deny news consumers as wide a range of options and viewpoints as possible seems shortsighted -- and ultimately self-defeating. This is a Golden Age for news consumers who can surf the net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and be able to comment, interact, and form communities. The value of having the world of information at your fingertips is beyond dispute.

and of Murdoch?

"It's the news industry equivalent of "your mama wears army boots!" Although, not quite as persuasive. In most industries, if your customers were leaving in droves, you would try to figure out what to do to get them back. Not in the media. They'd rather accuse aggregators of stealing their content."

Only porn can be charged for online

"Unless you're selling porn -- especially weird porn -- I would not go the subscription route,"

As the debate about content for charging continues,these were the comments of Arianne Huffington to the All things digital conference

Hat Tip Journalism.co.uk