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.
