Tsar's Journal: Only 12% Willing To Pay For Once-Free Content

Reuters has this article about a report released on Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, with some interesting numbers about the dot-com meltdown: 17% of Internet users have been asked to pay for previously free content, and 88% of them go elsewhere or offline for that service rather than pay for it. The full report (PDF format) has a lot more stats and some very good analysis—well worth a read.