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Get Played. Get Paid.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-return-of-the-bob dept.

vile8 writes "Bob Young, co-founder of Red Hat Software, is in the NY Times this morning covering a new co-operative business plan for viral video makers. Just like his Self-publishing site Lulu, the new plan provides 80% of the revenues back to the creators. It is based on something quite common, Co-ops. In this plan, if there were 5000 users at 14.95 each there would be 59,800 that would get divvied up among those that brought traffic to the site. The 'pro' users also get larger upload space, and longer cam captures. Other unique features of the site are the podcast generation per author, author vlog pages, and open-source-specific OGM video format conversions."

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  1. nothing to do with games by WinEveryGame · · Score: 3, Informative
    lulu.tv is simply a video sharing service.

    But on the other it would be cool to have a co-operative for video game developers. Is there one already? Or is the business model too hard for that?

  2. Re:Or... by just_another_sean · · Score: 3, Informative

    Experts exchange bugs me too in a couple of ways, but you *do not* need to pay to see answers. Just scroll to the bottom of the page, past the ads, past the "Subscribe now!" junk and there's the thread. And although the "Accepted Answer" does not always appear to be what you need I find that Experts Exchange has a slightly higher average of useful replies then most forums. Of course, YMMV.

    There's plenty to hate about the way the site is designed, no need to make things up about it...

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  3. Re:Or... by EL_mal0 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    If there's one thing the Internet has shown, it's that people do *not* want to pay for content.

    The people at Apple might disagree with you (here).

  4. Did anyone else read.... by zarthrag · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Get Laid, Get Paid"???

    Really had my attention for a sec...

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  5. Google, Youtube don't do cam captures... by b0r1s · · Score: 4, Informative

    But other free services like Vobbo do.

    Yet another competitor in an already very full market. Not seeing the purpose, but throw more money into the ring.

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  6. Deceitful by kevin_conaway · · Score: 4, Informative

    Disregarding the actual content of the story, I the think submitter is being a bit deceptive. He is affiliated with the LuLu site (as seen by his link and comments)

    He should at least have the good nature and objectivity to note that he is affiliated with story he is publicising