Starting today, Louis C.K. has made his recent hour-long set at The Beacon Theater available for download or streaming for $5. Go get it. Get

And this week, one of my heroes–comedian Louis CK–has turned his back on the entertainment industry monster and self-published a standup routine for fans. It's available in an HD video format, is completely unencrypted, and is very inexpensive.

Screen Shot 2011-12-10 at 9.10.19 PM. Following Radiohead into the wild world of micropayments, comedian Louis CK is offering his latest concert film, Live At The Beacon Theatre, as a DRM-free download or stream for $5.

Louis C.K. “doesn't get” torrenting. To prevent it or at least try he's offering $5 downloads of his show at the Beacon Theater. To be honest, that's a bargain. He's one of the funniest guys out there.

By Jere Hester Near the beginning of Louis CK's latest stand-up routine, he states what amounts to the philosophy that's made him one of comedy's most cutting cynics of recent years. The comic's glass-is-half-full (with bile) approach fuels his