Steven Outing says "NO" to micropayments and offers an alternative system called an "internet content fee" that is being pioneered by a company called Karchingle.

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KISS — keep it simple, stupid. Online publishers, including newspaper Web sites, are more likely to convince people to pay a monthly "Internet content fee" if everyone is in it together and there's one ubiquitous medallion on every content site that an individual visits (which always remembers you). The publishers who make the most money will be those that produce the best content, and thus get the most people to support them via the Kachingle system. That should be to the advantage of newspaper Web sites' quality content, right?"

What do you think?