Fabafterfifty: fundraising initiative

  1. In the internet age, do we expect too much for free?

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    Article by Ceri Wheeldon Are we expecting too much for free? Is it  a question of ‘you get what you pay for’ or ‘the best things in life are free’? Has the internet age brought about the expectation that we should no longer pay for anything? Growing up, if I wanted anything, book, camera, latest toy, I was encouraged to save up and buy it. When I bought whatever item it was appreciated. But has technology and the internet changed  expectations? I was chatting to someone about a charity project they were running. Part of their fundraising initiative included producing and selling a music CD. In order to cater to those who preferred to download their music straight to digital devices, they also made it available online as download – for which a payment should have been made. They hadn’t factored in the ‘sharing’ aspect of sites such as Spotify,...

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