Posted February 4, 200916 yr YouTube Monty Python Videos Boost DVD Sales 23,000% By: Kit EatonMon Jan 26, 2009 at 5:55 PM And now for something completely fantastic: The trick of making Monty Python videos available for free online has boosted DVD sales of the comedy sketch show. If you compare DVD sales figures on Amazon before and after the creation of the Monty Python YouTube channel, the boost apparently tallies in at around 23,000%. ... Simultaneously in the UK, the government has admitted that it's had to abandon plans to punish illegal file sharers with net disconnections, under a planned "three strikes and you're out" scheme. The move has apparently dismayed UK record companies, but pleased the internet service providers: Under the proposed legislation, they would have been the ones enforcing any legal actions, and it would've been disastrous PR for the companies in a very competitive market.Full article... http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/...dvd-sales-23000 OGqX-tkDXEk Obviously some implications for the music industry as a result of this sales boost.
February 5, 200916 yr Full article... http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/...dvd-sales-23000 Obviously some implications for the music industry as a result of this sales boost. Record companies will have to stop behaving like dead parrots, you mean? :w00t:
February 5, 200916 yr So much for those predictions that sales would go down if they could be seen for free, eh?
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