Comments on: Just do it

By: Spud

Spud — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:17:02 +0000

@Ghost – I wouldn’t mind a certain beverage being sold door to door! !!!!!!!!!!

By: Spud

Spud — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:14:40 +0000

Agreed, that sounds dodgy!!!!! !

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:02:10 +0000

I watched his show for a while, it’s a simular format to sienfeld, switching between his life and his stand up comedy. But some of the things he says are absolutely outrageous. For e.g, it should be legal to rape children because then rapists would return the child afterwards rather than kill it. I’m really not PC but thats just way past the line… don’t really like the guy.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:13:33 +0000

“Our government could be encouraging such models to develop here for our creators. Sadly, most of them don’t have a clue what the issues are all about.”

Seems like somedays you fall into that category too Clare.

Wheres the model for TVNZ to allow people to pay a fee to download shows from their on demand site? I rather dislike ondemand as it’s slow, clunky and has absolutely no redeeming features. No ability to stretch the picture, no ability to toggle the sound, no subtitles and you have to download it each and every time you want to watch something again!
That’s the most ridiculous part of it – I’ve seen it once, why do I have to waste bandwidth to watch it again.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:08:31 +0000

A couple hundred thousand people paid for this show. This will be a mere fraction of the actual number of people who will watch it (remember just because you haven’t heard of him, doesn’t mean he’s unheard of). So of the millions of people who enjoy his humour, a few have decided to reward him for it. Imagine having no international exposure and expecting the public to pay $1, let alone $5, to watch/listen to your crappy video/music. Good luck buddy.

By: ghostwhowalksnz

ghostwhowalksnz — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:09:54 +0000

Whats so new about direct selling ?

It used to be called door to door, that was in the day when there was usually someone at home to answer the door. But there were heaps of things you could buy other than vacuum cleaners.

By: Nathan Mills

Nathan Mills — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:48:37 +0000

Just as an aside, Louis CK has an official channel on youtube here http://www.youtube.com/user/louisck?blend=1&ob=4 , that video you’ve linked to is an unofficial upload by someone who (most likely) doesn’t have permission to do so. Ie, the form of everyday piracy that Louis is trying to combat…

By: Clare Curran

Clare Curran — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:44:42 +0000

Fortran, not hard to get your head around. Click on the links. Basic business principles really. There are a few policy issues for the politicians to ponder. Mainly it’s about encouraging new and especially local innovation to get our artists and creators distributing their works online where they get the benefits, not a middleman distributor.
Net neutrality as mentioned by Nick is about who gets to control the flow of content or access to networks on the internet. Those who believe in net neutrality think there should be no restrictions. And that all internet traffic should be treated equally. Consumer advocates, online organisations and some tech companies are in favour of this.
Opponents of net neutrality include many established hardware and telco companies. They argue that net neutrality is a violation of the property rights of internet service providers becasue they produce and own access to the internet.

There are similar arguments with digital rights management. Policy makers are grappling with these issues around the world (not very well). In the meantime, more people are accessing for free (often illegally) the material they want and can’t easily get through established distribution methods.

Louis UK decided to make his stuff available cheaply and easily and he is reaping the benefits. His model won’t work for everyone, but we need more people like him to take the plunge.

Our government could be encouraging such models to develop here for our creators. Sadly, most of them don’t have a clue what the issues are all about.

By: Fortran

Fortran — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:59:35 +0000

Wish I knew what the hell it is all about ? But that is ignorant me, didn’t get to Uni, so am just plain ignorant.

By: Spud

Spud — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:54:10 +0000