Sita Sings the Blues is now available FREE for the iPhone [2], rather than for $3.99. The former [3] price was required because for every copy of Sita “sold,” I had to pay almost $2 to extortionate corporate licensors [4]. That’s a flat fee; doesn’t matter what the sale price is. So selling Sita apps for the customary $.99 would result in a huge loss for me, since I’d be paying far more than that to the licensors.
The solution of course was to make it FREE (gratis) [2]. They’re all Promotional Copies. No sale, no license fee. To support Mars Yau [5], who created the app, and me, who created the movie, you can buy the Sita Wallpaper App [6] for $.99. And of course you can always donate [7] to the Sita Distribution Project [8].
I'm especially gratified by app develope Mars Yau's correct use if the Creator Endorsed Mark [9]. It's displayed prominently on the free app, indicating my authentic endorsement of this particulr distribution. On the $.99 Wallpaper app, he applied the "50% supports the artist" version:
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