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Re:Aziz Ansari releases DRM-free standup special for $5 by timdorr on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @11:15AM (#3729654)
Considering he sold 200,000 copies of his video in 12 days, I would say he's pretty popular.
Re:Aziz Ansari releases DRM-free standup special for $5 by vibrunazo on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @11:42AM (#3729797)
Right now yes. I had no idea who he was before the story showed up on HN. I'm sure I'm not the only one who got to know him because of his stunt.
Re:Aziz Ansari releases DRM-free standup special for $5 by bsphil on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @12:50PM (#3730244)
That also made some pretty big waves for the method of sale rather than it being Louie CK. I bet he got a lot of extra traction from that alone.