What has been described here really isn't all the different from what much of the online community has been railing against with net neutrality - content providers controlling content distribution by price per use. Really if a blog cost you 1 cent to read and a news article 5 cents then who is price controlling this?<p>You mentioned it would need to work across several platforms, but there needs to be an organization or company in charge assign prices, collect money, redistribute it, and take a little (or a lot) off the top for their services. In old or 'real world' business models this would be akin to a publisher, label, or other content provider. This is the exact thing that the internet has inherently undermined in many ways by making content distribution available to the individual.<p>Don't get me wrong, in many ways micro payments are enticing, but a completely new business model will have to emerge for them to work on the internet. I don't have a better suggestion, but then if anyone did you wouldn't be writing a <i>speculative</i> entry on the matter.