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August 25, 2003

Paid-for

Neil Finlayson wants Paid-for Groove Spaces:

'Paid-for spaces' would be anathema to some but I suspect it would translate into a tipping-point for Groove .... just as commerce vastly expanded the reach of the Web.
Hey Neil, what do you have in mind? Clinical consultations? Interesting stuff.
Here's a story we spun at Agora, to some execs at a consumer-products firm who were sponsoring an artist (not Avril, but let's say it's her for this). Teenagers. Give them their own shared space tools: "Avril News", "Avril Chat" and (rockin') "Remix Avril With Your Friends". That could be direly awful, or it might be really a lot of fun for a lot of people. But the "Remix" thing becomes a game, with prizes for great remixes, and the top prize is... Avril in your shared space for a week! How cool is that?!!!
(Scott, was this your idea?)