[Odrl-version2] OT: Micropayments for digital downloads introduced by Paypal

[Steven Rowat]

Hi,

This not directly ODRL 2 related, but since it pertains to the sale of digital material on the Internet it may be of interest to others on this list; I found it so.

Paypal has just (Aug 31) introduced a new micropayments pricing system intended for digital downloads, such as music. See:

http://www.shareholder.com/paypal/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=171765&Category=US

The new pricing is 5% and 5 cents per transaction. This may be a watershed change, since the previous was 2% and 30 cents. The new system means the abililty to sell digital items for as little as ... 15 cents? 10 cents? - and still be making a good profit margin. 

It looks like the Internet is ripe for ODRL. 

I hope not overripe.  :-)

steven rowat