Free Email, Bank Accounts, Networking Sites May Soon Be Thing Of The Past

The Web is a great place to freeload. But that could be changing.In the latest example of fees being introduced for a service that once came with no strings attached, Eastman Kodak Co. says it'll begin charging $4.99 to $19.99 annually for its previously free online photo-storage service, Kodak Gallery.If you don't pay by May 16, the company warns, all your photos could be deleted."This puts people in a very difficult position," said Joe Ridout, a spokesman for the advocacy group Consumer Action. "This isn't just any commodity. These photos represent very important, emotional memories for a lot of people."In other words, you'll pay to protect those memories, at least if you want to stay with Kodak. Or you'll start storing photos yourself on CDs or hard drives (which you probably should have done all along).