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Dave Winer gets it wrong:

It's lame to charge for weblog software based on how many weblogs you make and how many authors there are. A weblog isn't that big a deal. Manila lets you make as many weblogs as you want with as many authors as you want. Today's modern $2K computer can manage thousands of weblogs. Charge a fair price and don't fuss over how many blogs they make or how many people edit them.

Go read this again - adding authors and blogs to a site increases the value of a site - and value is what you are paying for. It's pointless to just yell "charge a fair price" - there is no such thing as an objectively fair price. A "fair price" is what a buyer and a seller agree to exchange based on the value each is getting from the transaction.