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What Is A Packaged Info Movie Product?

by andrewharrison
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I have been playing around with ideas, and trying different things. I really do not like the idea of anyone having my courses raw, just video. .. or video in a page. I tried a test, and it worked. So what is this?

I do my movies. Design and interface, and then I compile them. Okay, you might think of me as nuts. Consider this:

1. Almost everyone can run a large .exe file. Computers are more powerful than ever.
2. I can release review versions and have them expire at a certain date. This ensures that my review version IS NOT all over the place.
3. I can do the old e-book thing of letting them see so much, and then they purchase and receive an instant unlock code.
4. The interface is MUCH nicer, and keeps all the files together.
5. I can have it install like software on the end users computer, THUS keeping ME in their faces.
6. I hate Camtasia's menus, my belief is that the product HAS TO SHINE, and be unique.

They are hard to defeat and VERY difficult for the user to crack.

There are many more resons why I am doing this. People have asked me... Why?, so I thought I would present some of my main reasons here.

It also sends an impression of GREAT VALUE. They look so INCREDIBLE.

Anyone else doing this? Anyone need more info?

Regards
Andrew
#info #movie #packaged #product
  • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
    Originally Posted by andrewharrison View Post

    1. Almost everyone can run a large .exe file. Computers are more powerful than ever.
    As long as your market audience has a newer model computer and as long as they aren't Mac or Linux users.

    They are hard to defeat and VERY difficult for the user to crack.
    That may be true, but is the typical user that one that's going to be trying to crack it?

    The way I see it, if I'm a potential customer, I'm not going to bend over backwards to try to use your product. I'm not going to install Windows on my Mac or Linux PC just to run your video.

    On the other hand, for a content thief, odds are that he (or she) knows how to crack the things that are "VERY difficult." So, your video is going to get cracked, it is going to get uploaded to file sharing sites and so on. I mean, if Hollywood, with its big budgets and teams of lawyers, hasn't been able to stop content theft, what chance do you really have?

    In the end, your video is still getting passed around on file sharing sites, probably among people that would never have been paying customers anyway, and all you've really accomplished is reducing your customer base by cutting out people who cannot run your .EXE file or aren't going to jump through hoops to do it.

    Of course, if your product only appeals to power Windows users, then it may not be an issue.
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