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Happy to support this with my five dollars! Hopefully this model catches on.
> Hopefully this model catches on. If the success of NiN's "Ghosts I-IV" was not sufficient, I doubt that one will be. It's a long walk, uphill, on a 10G planet, of a slope the size of Olympus Mons.
Just bought it. While I'm really happy to support DRM free content, I must say I am somewhat disappointed that you can only download it twice. "PLEASE NOTE that you can only stream the film twice AND you can download the film twice. Once you start a stream of the film, your stream will be active for 8 hours. Once you have exceeded your streaming and download limits, you will need to purchase the film again to stream…
How much bandwidth do you think $5 buys?
The 2 download limit made me worry about disconnecting or restarting the download. I also can't make my download manager open more than one connection, in case that locks me out of the content I just bought. I think it should be higher, but I understand that he can't give away too much bandwidth without cutting into his profits.
Just bought it. While I'm really happy to support DRM free content, I must say I am somewhat disappointed that you can only download it twice. "PLEASE NOTE that you can only stream the film twice AND you can download the film twice. Once you start a stream of the film, your stream will be active for 8 hours. Once you have exceeded your streaming and download limits, you will need to purchase the film again to stream…
How much bandwidth do you think $5 buys?
It makes sense to me why he is only allowing a few downloads otherwise a few extreme users could take up all his money just by streaming.
Probably something like that already exists, but the fact is that most of the content seems to be aggregated in different kinds of services that the artists don't really control themselves.
Just bought it. While I'm really happy to support DRM free content, I must say I am somewhat disappointed that you can only download it twice. "PLEASE NOTE that you can only stream the film twice AND you can download the film twice. Once you start a stream of the film, your stream will be active for 8 hours. Once you have exceeded your streaming and download limits, you will need to purchase the film again to stream…
How much bandwidth do you think $5 buys?
Louis CK is a media maverick and I wish him good luck. His only condition for the network when he created his TV series was "you don't screw with my writing". And he chases opportunities like this because he just thinks in his gut that it might be the better way forward. Most personalities are too in thrall to meddling PR overlords to take principled stands like these.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's not "some guy". He's a very popular stand-up comedian, with a TV show. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_C.K .
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Just look at it as an example of an artist taking his work directly to the public and sidestepping the overhead and hassle of traditional digital media distribution models. That's cool, isn't it?
I think there's a huge pent-up demand for software that makes it easy for artists to publish their own content on their own websites easily and also makes making and collecting payments as easy as downloading torrents. Probably something like that already exists, but the fact is that most of the content seems to be aggregated in different kinds of services that the artists don't really control themselves.
(I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback)