Not so world wide web
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't 'www' stand for Worldwide Web?
Yes of course it does.
So why is some content on the web off limits?
It's not the UK web or the USA web it's the Worldwide bloody web.
I understand there are copyright issues and similar restrictions but surely there must be a way to allow people from any country to watch other country's television programs?
Anyone got any ideas? Apart from Bit-torrent that is!
Labels: bbc, hulu, television
posted by Stan Lee at 1:48 am
6 Comments:
I believe you can mask your IP so that Hulu can't detect you're from Australia. Haven't attempted it myself, but I'm sure you could find a quick solution on Google.
I've never understood this. Considering we'd all be accessing content from exactly the same website, where exactly do the copyright issues arise?
It's just more dinosaur thinking from out-of-date media owners who forget that the people who access the content are the only ones who make it valuable.
You can use a proxy anonymiser such as Hotspot Shield.
However this only works intermittently as sites such as Hulu are quickly on to it to block it.
Worth a try though.
You can utilize a VPN and/or an Hidden IP.
I have a friend who just moved to Britain from the US and is going thru the same issue...
frustration.
I think they hide behind “copyright” when really then mean “we don’t want you see it because then we won’t be able to flog it to Australian TV companies later on”.
But there is so much content that is blocked which will never make it to TV anyway. I follow poor old Leeds in the soccer and I can’t even listen to the matches or watch highlights when people in the UK can do so for free?
It hurts the Leeds brand because it just excludes people from being involved.
Thanx for your contributions everyone.
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