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Louis CK begs to differ on the viability of a donate model.

• TylerE 14y ago
  Umm, he was SELLING. Nothing about his release was donation-relevant.
  • sp332 14y ago
    Actually it is relevant. He admitted right in his first message than anyone could go online and pirate the song, which is true. Buying the song effectively is a donation. (You could argue that pirating is illegal, but since Louis C. K. isn't going to come after you for downloading the performance, it's completely consequence-free.)
    • batiudrami 14y ago
      You can feasibly shoplift as well (not my thing, but I've looked and honestly it doesn't look difficult at many stores), but I don't think anyone is arguing that that you're 'donating' when you pay a store for your socks. Granted, copying isn't technically theft yada yada, but it sure as hell isn't a donation when you pay the content provider a set price for the content.