14th December 2011

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Louis C.K.'s Downloadable Comedy Special Earning Big Bucks | Vulture

popculturebrain:

He took to his website to write,

“12 hours [after the special’s noon launch on Dec. 10], we had over 50,000 purchases and had earned $250,000, breaking even on the cost of production and website. As of Today, we’ve sold over 110,000 copies for a total of over $500,000. Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been paid by a large company to simply perform the show and let them sell it to you, but they would have charged you about $20 for the video.”

I think this proves that good content rises to the top and despite the availability of pirating, people will pay for value. 

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    I’m telling you, when GirlTalk offered Feed The Animals for “pick your price” I paid $5 for it. Because I was in high...
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    I…don’t think this proves that “good content rises to the top” (since, um, “good” is subjective & not actually a...
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    Heyyyy, that’s awesome. Can’t wait to download and watch it!
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