There's another side of this story that needs to be considered. The age of free is over on the Internet, with some rare exceptions.
Virtual tours are extremely valuable content.
The fact is that without listing information Homestore doesn't have a business. Of course not. We have literally thousands of customers, and we have discussed this matter with them repeatedly over the past year. They don't feel, and neither do we, that they should be asked to PAY ANY portal for providing that portal with extremely valuable content that drives traffic to their site. Saying that you have a freedom of choice in virtual tours, but the virtual tour vendor must host their tours on Homestore's servers, and must pay Homestore a per tour fee is a joke.