You may think this would belong in the Movies & TV section, but I assure you, I'm here to discuss filesharing and progress in terms of digital content. I won't be discussing how much I love his shows and how he his my favorite comic and gay shit like that. The very thing that I constantly tote as an appropriate response to piracy, Louis C.K. is doing just that. He's allowing you to buy the content on his site, $5 an item through Paypal or Amazon. Here's his note about filesharing (as he restricts it to commentary on "torrents").
Here's the rundown of what he means (plus any criticisms I'd like to share).Originally Posted by Louis C.K.'s website
- The video of Live at the Beacon Theater is encoded in the H.264 video codec, including the 720p version, and the audio is encoded in AAC 192 kbps CBR, and packed into an mp4 container. Basically, it's compatible with virtually anything. (Baseline 3.1 w/ 2 Ref frames, could have saved on filesize with better encoding parameters if the production company did a better job). Still a win.
- It is 100 % DRM free. Play on anything you heart desires. A huge win.
- It doesn't require a registration to direct download from his site. You simply use your email address to attach your purchase. Another big win.
- You get a limit of 4 downloads for any item you buy. I ran into a problem with this. Download accelerators like jdownloader and Downthemall will eat these "download credits" the fuck up. I now have "-1" downloads left for videos, and since I paused my audio downloads for Carnegie Hall, it won't let me download them again. This is a bit problematic. The solution, hey you already paid for it so go pirate that booty if you run into download problem. This is not so much a win, but a workable solution exists.
In summary, this works. This is exactly what I've been asking for. Thank you, you fat idiot.
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