“Major League Baseball will begin charging fans to
listen to audio broadcasts of its games over the Internet , a stark
illustration of how content owners are trying to find business
models that work in the online medium.

The subscription plan, which will cost users $9.95 a season,
signals an end to the ability of fans to get radio feeds of
baseball games free on the Web… The decisions, from two of the three largest sports leagues in the
United States, signify that content providers think the Internet,
traditionally a medium for the free exchange of information, is
sufficiently mature for people to begin paying for valuable
services.” The Register