Such a consortium of institutional users would support the Internet's core operations much as universities currently do-by aggregating resources sufficient to permit new knowledge and innovation to be made freely available. We should oppose schemes that charge users by the minute for all kinds of use. McAdams bases his arguments on the economics of efficient pricing. Once the goods are produced, one person's using them does not prevent another from doing so, nor does it reduce their value to others. In fact, often information becomes more valuable as more people have access to it.
TV shows have the same economic characteristics.