Question about December Release

[ern2150]

rad said:

Ern2150,

I'm not sure I'd interpret that as a blanket offer to burn as many copies as you like and hand out to friends and relatives. I don't view this as any different from buying a regular DVD. Could you buy a copy and give it to the person of your choice? Absolutely! Could you buy a copy, make multiple copies of that, and hand them out at will? Um, no.

Well, yeah, when you put it that way,*I* sound like a pirate, ee-yarrr.

I guess I thought the $10-$15 for a download was to recoup / mitigate the multiple-copy thing. But I don't even really count that as reliable information anyway.

Personally, I'm so excited about this project that if I have the opportunity for both DVD and download-to-burn, I'm going to buy both, and give some as gifts.

[mrtorso]

ern2150 said:

I based my "keep circulating the tapes" on this:
cinematictitanic.com/wpmu/blog/2007/11/14/hey-howdy/

Then, show off your home-fab’d DVD to your friends, give it as a stocking stuffer, or slip it into a holiday card. Burning, labeling, and packaging disks at home is something, as Trace says, “Fits our do-it-yourself-aesthetic beautifully.”

But interpret that as you will.

And Hugh? I'll publicly apologize for the passive-aggressive stuff aimed at you. I'm sorry. Beyond that, I'll PM you.

He is explicitly talking about the FREE holiday short.

Later we will also be offering the e-mail club a chance to download a free “Christmas Present” before anyone else in the form of a short holiday film. This way you can try our “Download to burn” process and see just how fun and easy it really is. Then, show off your home-fab’d DVD to your friends, give it as a stocking stuffer, or slip it into a holiday card.

It looks like they want to use the short so people can see how easy it will be for burning your own...

[BEERxTaco]

Please let it not be a proprietary divx download...

[mrtorso]

No DIVX. They are going to be DVD image files so you can burn your own DVD-R and play on any DVD player.

[BEERxTaco]

thank you thank you thank you

Now can we get Rifftrax on Demand to go that route? lol, I'm guessing probably not...

[mrtorso]

beerxtaco said:

thank you thank you thank you

Now can we get Rifftrax on Demand to go that route? lol, I'm guessing probably not...

On some of the download to own titles it is the same price as buying the actual DVD. So why bother with a proprietary format.

[BEERxTaco]

Well, because the only one I really want is Missile to the Moon, I can get the two Stooges ones from Legend. I have all the rest. I just like the idea of being able to play a DVD anywhere at anytime on anyone's machine, ya know?

And there was some cryptic message over there about "we might change our minds about wanting to try VOD next week", which sounds like there may be more of these coming available...