&#62;  They are saying that content has always been free and the medium is whats being charged for, hence you sell papers instead of news stories, CDs instead of music tracks etc etc.<p>That's only entirely true in a market where, using your example, the quality and content of news articles are identical.<p>People usually choose to purchase a paper based on  the type of content inside; they might be paying <i>more</i> than the content is worth because of the media - but that is a slightly different point.