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Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by nikcub »

sahillavingia wrote: post #59
jronkone wrote: post #54

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.

This is exactly what I'm trying to do with Gumroad: http://gumroad.com (I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback)

you should think about why somebody like louis ck would spent what sounds like a lot of money to setup it up themselves rather than go to an existing service

it sounds like these guys want control of the process and the users. you could ping them and provide something they don't have at the moment, like a better solution to the downloading streaming (Which some users a complaining about)

this could be a huge opportunity for you, i'd definitely ping him

Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by hyperbovine »

fanboy123 wrote: post #84
turoczy wrote: post #6

His 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…

From Twitter: I'm going to be doing an IAMA on Reddit, Monday around 1230pmEST I don't know what IAMA or Reddit are, but I'll be doing that. awesome bunch of geeky-openness from ck.

I'm a huge fan, but professing total ignorance of all things technology reminds me of being in the fourth grade. Luckily for him doing an IAMA on Reddit doesn't involve performing sex acts on a donkey. Seriously, either he's become one of America's most successful standups in spite of his complete naivete, or he's a lot more shrewd than he's making out.

Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by tnorthcutt »

hyperbovine wrote: post #132
fanboy123 wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From Twitter: I'm going to be doing an IAMA on Reddit, Monday around 1230pmEST I don't know what IAMA or Reddit are, but I'll be doing that. awesome bunch of geeky-openness from ck.

I'm a huge fan, but professing total ignorance of all things technology reminds me of being in the fourth grade. Luckily for him doing an IAMA on Reddit doesn't involve performing sex acts on a donkey. Seriously, either he's become one of America's most successful standups in spite of his complete naivete, or he's a lot more shrewd than he's making out.

Professing total ignorance of all things technology != professing ignorance of Reddit and torrents.

Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by wwarkey »

tg3 wrote: post #120
tgrass wrote: post #110

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Personal respect for the artist notwithstanding, this is not a replicable model for others. He makes it up in volume. This is not a general solution.

why not? He already got paid a significant sum by the ticketholders at beacon theater, so all he has to recoup is the cost of producing the special, which he did largely himself. The marginal cost of distributing an additional copy of his work is minimal, and his pricing reflects that, and makes people more likely to pay for it rather than steal it. Can you elaborate on why you don't think this is a general solution?

i'm guessing it's because of this monetization model wouldn't work for everyone, and so it's not a solution in any which way to the copyright problem.

This works for him because you, and i, know and (probably) appreciate his humor, and he's going to make some money from it.

It's not going to work for someone who's not quite as good, and rely more on having that product actively sold to you ...

Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by schrototo »

hyperbovine wrote: post #132
fanboy123 wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From Twitter: I'm going to be doing an IAMA on Reddit, Monday around 1230pmEST I don't know what IAMA or Reddit are, but I'll be doing that. awesome bunch of geeky-openness from ck.

I'm a huge fan, but professing total ignorance of all things technology reminds me of being in the fourth grade. Luckily for him doing an IAMA on Reddit doesn't involve performing sex acts on a donkey. Seriously, either he's become one of America's most successful standups in spite of his complete naivete, or he's a lot more shrewd than he's making out.

Actually, if I remember correctly from his interview on the WTF podcast, his father is a programmer and Louis was always pretty technologically adept. E.g. he edits his TV show himself on his MacBook.

Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by tg3 »

wwarkey wrote: post #134
tg3 wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why not? He already got paid a significant sum by the ticketholders at beacon theater, so all he has to recoup is the cost of producing the special, which he did largely himself. The marginal cost of distributing an additional copy of his work is minimal, and his pricing reflects that, and makes people more likely to pay for it rather than steal it. Can you elaborate on why you don't think this is a general solution?

i'm guessing it's because of this monetization model wouldn't work for everyone, and so it's not a solution in any which way to the copyright problem. This works for him because you, and i, know and (probably) appreciate his humor, and he's going to make some money from it. It's not going to work for someone who's not quite as good, and rely more on having that product actively sold to you ...

Even then, you're looking at similar economics. HBO is willing to pay you $X for your special because you have an audience that is worth (at least) $X to them.

For a lesser known artist or comedian, you lose the power of the distribution channel, but you gain in margins. The opportunity for cross-promotion in the form of an opening act is still alive and well, and I don't see why it can't continue in a digital form.

Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by qohen »

conradev wrote: post #82
yangez wrote: post #30

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Wow. His simple tone belies the brilliance in his writing here. I seriously doubt he just spent 5 minutes scribbling this out as an afterthought. He gets a few key ideas across: - he doesn't understand torrenting and so is helpless against it - he cares about his viewers more than taking advice about DRM - the video is owned solely by him and not some soulless corporation, and you're directly hurting him by torrentin…

This is especially seen in the alert you get after clicking the 'What is this?' button. "It's nothing, I just wanted to say hi! Hope everything is going well for you!"

I like this self-referential bit on the Terms and Conditions page (in the Disclaimers section):

https://buy.louisck.net/terms-and-conditions

"WE DO NO PROMISE THAT THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICE OR FEATURE OF THE SITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE"

Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by bahman2000 »

neutronicus wrote: post #43
jgeralnik wrote: post #40

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…

It lives on his personal server, right? Seems reasonable for one guy paying for his own bandwidth.

AWS as far as I can tell.

Re: Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage

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Post by jonbro »

flipp wrote: post #130
davesims wrote: post #129

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WTF is the best comedy podcast out there, hands-down. The 2-part with Louis is worth the price of admission alone, but there's many more that are as well. If you like comedy at all and a contrarian, alternative point of view, I can't recommend it highly enough.

Little bit off topic but WTF, while awesome, isn't really a comedy podcast because it isn't funny. If you're looking for something like that check out Comedy Bang Bang or something.

Comedy is in the ear of the beholder. I have had far more meaningful laughs (whatever the heck that means) at WTF then at comedy bang bang. I would say download both of them, they are totally different things.
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