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By reggits, October 23, 2016

Hello Fellow Gumsters
Our family has recently enjoyed the services of a company called VidAngel (vidangel.com), a movie streaming service with content filtering options that allow each viewer to decide which content they prefer to skip. If you’re not familiar, take a look at their website or just google it: there is plenty of discussion about their company and it’s service, which has clearly pushed a button in the movie-maker club. The current situation is that Disney and Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, and Lucasfilm are suing VidAngel for filtering. Without getting into the details, which are well-covered in other places, including their own blog (https://www.vidangel.com/news/category/legal/) and press releases, they have done so well with their services and their customers have responded so favorably that they’ve opened an investment opportunity for them/us. There’s a lot involved in the discussion, but I’m curious if anyone has analyzed this already and could share their thoughts with the rest of us? I did a quick search on this site and found no other articles relating to VidAngel, so please forgive me if there’s already something going on that I missed.
VidAngel obviously has to fund the legal battle, so it’s pretty obvious that the first round of this crowd-funded ”investment” in class B non-voiting common stock will raise capital for that expense, which is expected to cost $5 million to go to the supreme court. Presumably there will be more. Question is: is this a good investment? Certainly the market wants the product and their recent growth is phenomenal, so one would expect this to be a ground floor opportunity is something really big. On the other hand, if they lose this legal battle, they shut down and that ”investment” becomes worthless. I believe in the right of individuals to choose what the consume in the privacy of their home, so I support VidAngel’s model and would invest in a microsecond if this albatross wasn’t hanging around. But the simple fact is that in our current legal framework it’s entirely possible for something that makes sense on every level to still be declared illegal because of special interests’ power to sway legislation. So I ask, what say y’all?

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Joseph Landgraf
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Joseph Landgraf
October 26, 2016 8:25 pm

Yes there is risk so I wouldn’t put too much in. But if this becomes the next Netflix, you may be pretty happy to have a cost basis at $3 a share. Better than a night at the gambling boat if you ask me.

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Casey Bowie
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Casey Bowie
October 27, 2016 9:25 pm

Excellent breakdown. I really support being able to filter. Cigarette companies have given you the option for years:) What if the makers of your GPC Menthol 100s forced you to consume their product raw? No diffence between Marlboro and VidAngel in that they allow you the option to remove some of the toxic brain cell killing “product”. VidAngel has opened up a huge world of viewing options for my family. There are lots of older classics I can now share with my boys. Top Gun is a good example of a movie I remember as being awesome, but had no idea of the amount of foul language it contained. I would not have watched this movie and shared it with my boys without filtering. So, it is obvious this service will generate more money (from me) for the big boys than if didn’t exist. When I started using VidAngel, the service seamed “to good to be true”. But, I am 100% happy with all aspects of their platform.
As far as investing, I look at it as a chance to support what I believe in more than the next amazing deal. I’m of the opinion that if you go in thinking of it as a donation to help fight for what is right, the idea of generating income would all be icing. I think it has better odds for the guy that plays with his $1,000 eTrade account than randomly picking a few sweet penny stocks. Not sure whether investing support in VidAngel will count as my Tithe though, it is a for profit business you know:)

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LARRY CARNELL
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LARRY CARNELL
November 1, 2016 10:57 pm

I believe in Choosing The Right so we made a pretty good investment to support this effort. God plus one is ALWAYS a majority and we believe blessings will follow for VidAngel families and subscribers.

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