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It's certainly not the flipside of Louis CK and the author of the post does not say anything to that effect. Nevertheless, comedians are running into this prob
by ddw 15y ago
It's certainly not the flipside of Louis CK and the author of the post does not say anything to that effect.
Nevertheless, comedians are running into this problem all the time. People don't understand that 1.) they aren't just "talking," but these ideas were thought up ahead of time, 2.) they are constantly working on new material that they hope to one day sell in some form (CD, TV special) and uploading it on Youtube takes away from the surprise of the joke, 3.) they should be compensated for their work
That's what it comes down to. A comedian has the right to use his artistic work how he wants. He can give it away from free through Amazon servers or he could charge $50 for a DVD, but it's his choice. It's not like comics are patenting their premises.
Patton probably went a bit too far but this probably happens to him constantly and he's so sick of it. I hear about stories like this all the time.
- joezydeco 15y agoHere's what I meant by "flipside": while we're all praising Louis CK for what he did, he also managed to do it without the majority of his material leaking on the net beforehand. Comedians are a somewhat unique case worth watching because they develop their product in public as opposed to a typical company that can (usually) throttle the news as they see fit. I posted the article above as opposed to the Barbara Grey post because I think Oswalt should be supported in what he did (although he kind of did it in a bad manner but like you said, it's not the first and won't be the last) Oswalt has promised to offer his view of the story later today.