Earlier this month comedian Louis C.K. released a torrent video of his “Live at the Beacon Theater” for the $5 DRM-free download. Either you can visit his website and pay $5 or you can pirate it yourself. Louis C.K. fans are showing their support by paying for it as there is now $1 million in his PayPal account. It only took about 12 days to hit that number. C.K. is paying $250,000 in costs for the website, $250,000 to his staff as a bonus, and $280,000 will be given to charities such as Kiva, Charity:Water, Green Chimneys, The Pablove Foundation, and The Fistula Foundation. [TechDirt]

Louis C.K. is one of the best known comedians today. Recently he decided to experiment with video distribution. He is distributing his performance from the Live at the Beacon Theater through torrent websites and is asking for $5 payment for it.

Louis C.K. is a stand-up comedian that is selling a direct download of his show that he did at the Beacon Theater. He is distributing it through torrent files, but is asking for a $5 donation per download. The file will not have any DRM or any forced e-mail spam.