“””Great points underbyte...very similar to what I was trying to say.
There has to be a better way...”””
t-dude - great minds think alike:) times are a changing, The time to change the business model is when the old model is not working anymore - Economy is in a historic tanking mode you have got to be flexible to survive
There is big value in a site like this and the sense that we are struggling qtr to qtr and beating the proverbial head against the wall does not make sense to me.
With the number of pageviews this site generates you will be able to pick and choose your advertiser and not depend on anyone contract if the concern is undue influence. Nobody influences Drudge BTW he seems to post what he damn well pleases.
If an advertiser like Ford sees a demographic opportunity that conservatives buy Ford cars and advertises on FR what’s the problem with that?
Nothing is written in stone why not just try it for six months?
Or
At least get some advertising Quotes to see if it is viable
It’s not viable. FR has a narrow exception to the copywrite law that permits them to post articles because of fair use, but also because they actually do receive zero PROFIT from the posting of those articles.
It seems to me, and I’m not a lawyer, that once they begin collecting fees or advertising sales, that they could be taken to task for profitting from those articles.
Truly, this is nothing more than a discussion forum. Charge fees and someone could claim it has become a business.