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title: Trend towards paid services
date: "2001-01-03T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1989
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Now Yahoo! will [charge a fee for auctions](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010103/ts/tech_yahoo_dc_1.html). No more free PCs. No more free ISPs. No more ad revenues. No more free auctions. The trend is clear. Pay! Unfortunately, they'll also monitor what's being sold -- an indication that country-specific legal barriers are creeping into the Internet.