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by michael_dorfman 5822 days ago
I can't say I'm too impressed with this as a business model.

I think that it's a small set of cases where video is the most effective way to transmit valuable information, and the alleged advantage over e-books ("e-books actually take a long time to write and develop") completely underestimates the work involved in creating a professional video.

But even then, supposing that I were willing to pay £49 for a (professionally produced, high value content) video, I'd sure as hell want to be able to download it and watch it repeatedly.

So, at the end of the day, what you are offering is DRM-protected video-- and there are plenty of much bigger folks (i.e., Hollywood) trying to crack that nut, with little success so far.

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offerings so far do not use the get hooked before you buy.

Also the variables are fully adjustable so people can allow 1 year of access etc..

The video I created as an example took me a few hours which includes the time needed to make the codecs. Of course though higher quality videos take longer but still they can be made relatively painlessly today.

Thanks for your feedback though.