I wonder how much he makes after bandwidth + paypal fees, he limits it to 2 streams and 2 downloads but the file is still 1.2 gig so not a small one..
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#12And I can buy it from any country, as long as I have a paypal account. Neat.
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#13Add that to the list of how awesome this guy is.
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#14And I can buy it from any country, as long as I have a paypal account. Neat.
You don't have to have a paypal account, you just have to use paypal to pay. Account creation is optional.
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#15I wonder how much he makes after bandwidth + paypal fees, he limits it to 2 streams and 2 downloads but the file is still 1.2 gig so not a small one..
Bandwidth is pretty crazy cheap these days. I can't imagine it costing more than a quarter to send out a couple gigs.
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#16And I thought Louis CK was awesome, this makes him more awesome :). I love his show and specials.
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#17His description of why he did it: To those who might wish to "torrent" this video: look, I don't really get the whole "torrent" thing. I don't know enough about it to judge either way. But I'd just like you to consider this: I made this video extremely easy to use against well-informed advice. I was told that it would be easier to torrent the way I made it, but I chose to do it this way anyway, because I want it to b…
absolutely brilliant!
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#18This gives me so much hope....I think we are going to see a revolution in Art and Media as more of these guys start getting "it"...The days of Big brother and his army of douchebag MBA's is soon going to be over!
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#19I recommend reading his explanation of why he did it the way he did (meaning DRM-free and based on trust), even though he's been advised not to.
It's very earnest and has a feel of "listen, I created this. You're likely to like it. If you give me a bit of money, I'll give you access to it. You can do whatever you want with it, but just keep in mind that I worked and paid for it being made."
a.k.a what Louis CK would probably sum up as "just don't be an asshole, ok?"
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#20Is anyone wondering how long until PayPal locks his account?
Not wishing for it to happen - but realize it's PayPal.
Now if we can just get him to be making jokes about PayPal, that I'd pay to see.