Monty Python's interesting 'solution' to piracy (YouTube, that is).

delphidb96 · 01-26-2009, 01:21 PM

Yep. Read the title carefully. They've managed to generate a 23 THOUSAND percent increase in sales with free YouTube vids.

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/01/26/mo...be/#more-19872

Wonder how this could work for ebooks... :-)

Derek

RickyMaveety · 01-26-2009, 01:48 PM

It's Flying Fox of the Yard!!

I purchased every DVD and book that the Python crew has ever made. And, that was some years back.

I love Monty Python!! Now, with a YouTube channel, I can watch on my iPhone. Life doesn't get much better than that!

Shaggy · 01-26-2009, 02:38 PM

They've had this mindset for a long time. I was involved in a Monty Python USENET group around 15 years ago. Back then the big thing was scripts of their movies and TV series (video files and YouTube didn't really exist). I used to run a ftp site that hosted a lot of their material. I contacted them before I did it, obviously, and their opinion was that they were perfectly fine with making their scripts available for free as long as we did two things. 1) Don't make a compilation available, each skit had to be individual files and 2) Advertise that you can buy the scripts in a bookstore (which were available as a compilation).

Their attitude (same with the recent stuff on YouTube) was that you give individual bits at a time away for free, and then advertise that you can buy it in a more convenient package (Books, DVDs, etc).

pilotbob · 01-26-2009, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I love Monty Python!! Now, with a YouTube channel, I can watch on my iPhone. Life doesn't get much better than that!

Um.. Ok... you need to get out more.

BOb

RickyMaveety · 01-26-2009, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Um.. Ok... you need to get out more.

BOb

Whyeeeeee?? I like it here in my big ol' house filled with cats, books, chocolate, popcorn, and dvds!!

01-26-2009, 01:21 PM	#1
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	Monty Python's interesting 'solution' to piracy (YouTube, that is). Yep. Read the title carefully. They've managed to generate a 23 THOUSAND percent increase in sales with free YouTube vids. http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/01/26/mo...be/#more-19872 Wonder how this could work for ebooks... :-) Derek

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01-26-2009, 01:48 PM	#2
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	It's Flying Fox of the Yard!! I purchased every DVD and book that the Python crew has ever made. And, that was some years back. I love Monty Python!! Now, with a YouTube channel, I can watch on my iPhone. Life doesn't get much better than that!

01-26-2009, 02:38 PM	#3
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	They've had this mindset for a long time. I was involved in a Monty Python USENET group around 15 years ago. Back then the big thing was scripts of their movies and TV series (video files and YouTube didn't really exist). I used to run a ftp site that hosted a lot of their material. I contacted them before I did it, obviously, and their opinion was that they were perfectly fine with making their scripts available for free as long as we did two things. 1) Don't make a compilation available, each skit had to be individual files and 2) Advertise that you can buy the scripts in a bookstore (which were available as a compilation). Their attitude (same with the recent stuff on YouTube) was that you give individual bits at a time away for free, and then advertise that you can buy it in a more convenient package (Books, DVDs, etc).