The message is now free from the medium.

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One measure is free grid connection for small-and-medium-scale solar power producers.

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According to Twitter's terms of service, the user gives Twitter a "worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free license" to distribute tweets in any medium, even those that don't exist yet.

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Even among bloggers, who have typically published their work free of charge since the rise of the medium, there has been a new push into paid content.

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In February, RIM released a free version of its enterprise server for small and medium sized businesses.

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The Chinese government agrees that in the medium term it needs to set its currency free.

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Free-speech advocates argue that the Internet, unlike a broadcast medium, requires users to pay access fees and that then they must persistently search out sites.

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However, if consumers start to move from stores to online shopping and expect some form of free shipping, we could see some gross margin pressure in the medium term.

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Star Toilet Paper is a company that uses toilet paper as an innovative advertising medium to help companies reach an unmatched captive audience and then provides this product for free to large venues.

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