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Anyone got a better idea of what he would get for a HBO special (including DVD rights), just for contrast?

This doesn't help much, but an excerpt from his previous news update when the special hit $500K:

"Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been paid by a large company to simply perform the show and let them sell it to you, but they would have charged you about $20 for the video."

So somewhere north of $200K.

On his 12/13 post, he gave a floor. Presumably it's in the same ballpark as well.

Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been paid by a large company to simply perform the show and let them sell it to you

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