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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
by yangez 15y ago
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 torrenting
- you'll destroy his faith in mankind if you torrent
- five dollars is nothing compared to all that!
All of which combines to make you feel like a huge asshole for even considering pirate bay - in the nicest possible way. This type of thing makes a lot more sense than DRM in his case, and I bet it's a lot more effective too.
- shadowfox 15y agoIndeed. But I am curious what would happen if a lot more people did this. Would such an appeal lose effectiveness?
- jgeralnik 15y agoDefinitely. The only reason I bought it was to support DRM free content, not because I was actually particularly interested in it. If this was standard practice I would not just be buying for the novelty. That said, I definitely think it is possible to build a scalable system that works, it just needs some innovation.
- angstrom 15y agoThe answer to that is complex, but worth considering what happens without it. A perfect example would be the Bill Hicks guest appearance on David Letterman that was not allowed to air because the material was considered too sensitive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkptz2YfZik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkptz2YfZik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf340K_Ed0o&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf340K_Ed0o&feature=relat... I fullheartedly support comedy as a form of free speech that should not be influenced by sponsorship. Remember: Nothing is free. If something is "free", that's because it's you that's being sold.
- Natsu 15y agoDamn, I would've bought it if not for requiring PayPal. I don't have an account or want one.
- twinwing 15y agoYou don't need an account, you can just use PayPal as a CC processor.
- Natsu 15y agoYou appear to be right. My mistake.
- dangrossman 15y agoYou haven't needed a PayPal account to pay through PayPal since at least 2005. Unless the merchant disables "Account Optional", it's just a run-of-the-mill credit card payment form with an option to log in to the side.
- jakobe 15y agoBut PayPal makes it as inconvenient as possible for non-members. The form is extremely long and if I recall correctly, doesn't work with Safaris Auto-Fill feature.
- ishi 15y agoFirst world problems, huh?
- swombat 15y agoHoly shit. Typing in your address is hard work. Fuck that guy, who does he think he is, asking me to use PayPal to buy his shit? What an asshole.
- dangrossman 15y ago"Extremely long"? - Credit card number/expiration/code - Billing address - Name, e-mail and phone That's all it asks. That's exactly what everyone else asks for. The merchant can even pre-fill all these fields but the card info before sending the buyer to PayPal if they filled them out on the merchant's website already. It's especially weak to make such a complaint based on your "recollection" while you're two pages away from the actual payment form for Louis' show.
- conradev 15y agoThis 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!"
- qohen 15y agoI like this self-referential bit on the Terms and Conditions page (in the Disclaimers section): https://buy.louisck.net/terms-and-conditions 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"
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- corkill 15y agoI agree, he obviously understands the entire issue much much better than most artists.