[mschuster91]

> What's needed is a Spotify premium-style model, where a monthly subscription is paid by the user, which is distributed to the content producers.

Remember flattr? IIRC it failed because a lack of adoption and because micropayments are expensive (fuck banks for this one).

[graeham]

Hadn't heard of them before to be honest. With a quick look on their Wikipedia page, perhaps they were too early for post-Wikileaks concern around privacy?

Bank payments may be better now too, with more competition and greater use of non-traditional currency (ie Bitcoin).