Comments on: P2Pay: Alex’s micro-payments http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6140 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6140#comment-19619 Reader's Write Tue, 06 Sep 2005 06:17:22 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6140#comment-19619 This sounds like a really good idea. I've been considering using a kind of 'donate to artists' scheme on my website (www.soundnet.co.uk) using a similar scheme. The idea is that you make a small payment, which I'm sure most people would be quite willing to pay, and that can be shared between all the artists of songs you download. Possibly the system could share more to artists that you've rated highly or something. I'd be interested in helping to develop something like this if needed. Tom. This sounds like a really good idea.

I’ve been considering using a kind of ‘donate to artists’ scheme on my website (www.soundnet.co.uk) using a similar scheme. The idea is that you make a small payment, which I’m sure most people would be quite willing to pay, and that can be shared between all the artists of songs you download. Possibly the system could share more to artists that you’ve rated highly or something.

I’d be interested in helping to develop something like this if needed.

Tom.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6140#comment-19616 Reader's Write Tue, 06 Sep 2005 04:37:56 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6140#comment-19616 This seems quite reasonable and workable regarding the processing side of things. And being a voluntary system it avoids the intrusiveness problems of other proposed schemes (paying for access to web pages, and/or client-side software, etc.). The remaining problem is how the actual payments would be handled. Presumably this would be something like what currently exists with Paypal and other payment processors and micropayment schemes in the past: either maintain a balance, or pay with individual credit card transactions per purchase or donation. As such it is subject to the problems that people have with Paypal: demands for personal information; requirement of using a credit card; onerous or unaccountable rules and policies (see all the horror stories about Paypal). So it looks like you have two-thirds of it worked out. If there were something for the other third - something like anonymous cash payments, but online - then I'd be paying for things online all the time, and supporting creators and providers whom I appreciate. JamPony This seems quite reasonable and workable regarding the processing side of things. And being a voluntary system it avoids the intrusiveness problems of other proposed schemes (paying for access to web pages, and/or client-side software, etc.).

The remaining problem is how the actual payments would be handled. Presumably this would be something like what currently exists with Paypal and other payment processors and micropayment schemes in the past: either maintain a balance, or pay with individual credit card transactions per purchase or donation.

As such it is subject to the problems that people have with Paypal: demands for personal information; requirement of using a credit card; onerous or unaccountable rules and policies (see all the horror stories about Paypal).

So it looks like you have two-thirds of it worked out. If there were something for the other third - something like anonymous cash payments, but online - then I’d be paying for things online all the time, and supporting creators and providers whom I appreciate.

JamPony

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