There's too much noise out there anyway. The job of the future is pr guy, not journalist. I'm not going to read. University professors publish works basically for free, and make money by teaching and by giving their institutions respectability with their names. Already some software companies are distributing software for free and charging for support.
Consultants publish free newsletters in order to win clients.
And as John Perry Barlow loves to point out, the Grateful Dead let you tape their concerts, but they charge you to attend. So, Dave, you can copy this freely. I usually don't comment on other people's pieces, but I'll make an exception in this case. There's no charge for the essays, nor is there a charge to comment or circulate ideas, nor will there be in the future. The only guarantee that an essay is interesting is that I thought it was interesting.