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So in the end, the people who are paying the money are not getting ripped off because it's streaming online for free.
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I think that they probably did the math with a free (but incomplete without an encore like now) broadcast vs. what they ended up with and probably figured that the latter was more profitable and made more sense to them from a business point of view.
IDEALLY, yes, a free broadcast would be best for everyone a la Utada's concert and Do As Infinity's CDL which will be broadcast on Nico Nico Douga without a fee, but there's probably some reason for charging customers for viewing the concert. What the reason is, I don't know, but I'm sure that it's a good one.
The demo video seems to be linked to here, but there are no clickable links yet
http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/cdl2010-2011/
IMO, people shouldn't complain since they were probably going to
download the CDL ripped from the SkyPerfecTV broadcast anyway. It's terrible to say "Oh, you want me to pay that much? Never mind even though we begged for this. Downloading the concert illegally anyway!" when they (Kome) probably pulled a ton of strings to make the stream possible. Maybe next time it'll be available without a charge... or maybe even parts of AT10 will be online for free? But for now, this is what we have and it's a pretty good deal, I think. Kudos to anyone who will be watching the USTREAM live~ I hope it turns out well! I'll be around trying to get a setlist on the 29th/30th~