3 ms·

I'm still going to pay the 5 bucks, because far be it from me to take advantage of an honest comedian's technological incompetence.

by jarin 15y ago

avar 15y ago
Oh that's not how I meant it. I've paid my $5 for it and downloaded it, and that link I posted will return a 403 without the right authorization. I posted it because I was worried that I couldn't download it with wget before I bought it, I'm on a 3G connection through my phone and I wanted to download it to my server so I could download it later from a more capable connection. I sent the below E-Mail to their support address (support@louisck.net) and I'd encourage others who bought this to send something similar do the same. I think it's important to tell artists that this sort of distribution is appreciated: Thanks for making this show available in non-DRM format. I haven't watched it yet, but I bought it and downloaded it already. My friends and I have been following your work for a while, I've watched both your HBO TV shows and downloaded a bunch of your standups. But since I don't live in the US and don't want to buy DRM content I haven't paid you for any of this. However I'm happy to be able to when you offer something in this format. I can pay for it even if I don't live in the US, and I don't have to buy something like a DVD or subscribe to something like iTunes where I'll effectively be getting a worse service by locking the media I buy into some corporation's proprietary distribution platform. But if you keep offering things in this way in the future I'll be sure to pay for them. It's not that I'm cheap. I make a very good living, and I'm happy to pay for things. I just think it's unethical to pay for media when part of the proceeds go to conglomerates like the MPAA which are actively working towards reducing freedom on the Internet.

I'm still going to pay the 5 bucks, because far be it from me to take advantage of an honest comedian's technological incompetence.

by jarin 15y ago

I'm still going to pay the 5 bucks, because far be it from me to take advantage of an honest comedian's technological incompetence.

avar 15y ago

Oh that's not how I meant it. I've paid my $5 for it and downloaded it, and that link I posted will return a 403 without the right authorization. I posted it because I was worried that I couldn't download it with wget before I bought it, I'm on a 3G connection through my phone and I wanted to download it to my server so I could download it later from a more capable connection. I sent the below E-Mail to their support address (support@louisck.net) and I'd encourage others who bought this to send something similar do the same. I think it's important to tell artists that this sort of distribution is appreciated: Thanks for making this show available in non-DRM format. I haven't watched it yet, but I bought it and downloaded it already. My friends and I have been following your work for a while, I've watched both your HBO TV shows and downloaded a bunch of your standups. But since I don't live in the US and don't want to buy DRM content I haven't paid you for any of this. However I'm happy to be able to when you offer something in this format. I can pay for it even if I don't live in the US, and I don't have to buy something like a DVD or subscribe to something like iTunes where I'll effectively be getting a worse service by locking the media I buy into some corporation's proprietary distribution platform. But if you keep offering things in this way in the future I'll be sure to pay for them. It's not that I'm cheap. I make a very good living, and I'm happy to pay for things. I just think it's unethical to pay for media when part of the proceeds go to conglomerates like the MPAA which are actively working towards reducing freedom on the Internet.