I have just picked this up from Techcrunch but thought is would be interesting to anyone serious about allowing others and themselves to make money from their original content.
Flattr is a social micropayment service which allows you to give (and receive) small amounts of money to producers of content you like and/or use – could be quite a utopian dream, but if it gets enough of a following from people who give and take it could work well. Follow the link to get a full explanation from either Techcrunch or Falttr directly, but at the moment they are still in beta invite only mode.