mashable.com - 1/23/2009
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MPAA Have you checked out Monty Python’s YouTube channel? It’s got a selection of their brilliant (as always) clips, and it’s got links to buy their DVDs on Amazon. As those crazy Monty Python dudes put it, “We’re letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in ...
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Monty Python's free web video increased DVD sales by 23,000 percent
Boing Boing —
... But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our movies & TV shows and soften our pain and disgust at being ripped off all these years.”
And you know what? Despite the entertainment industry’s constant cries about how bad they’re doing, it works. As we wrote yesterday, Monty Python’s DVDs climbed to No. 2 on Amazon’s Movies & TV bestsellers list, with increased sales of 23,000 percent.
Can Free Content Boost Your Sales? Yes, It Can
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Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells 23,000% More DVDs [Streaming]
Gizmodo —
... Are you paying attention, MPAA and RIAA? A controlled release of free material keeps people from resorting to piracy and keeps them in your controlled ecosphere, which can include, yes, ways for fans to give you money. But when you're a bunch of pricks, people go to The Pirate Bay and think of you as the enemy, and then you don't get any money. Take notes, you idiots. [Mashable via ...
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Monty Python's free web video increased DVD sales by 23,000 percent
boingboing.net 1/23/2009 — Mashable reports on Monty Python's YouTube channel: âWeâre letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our ...
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