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Friends don't send friends links to geo-locked video clips.

fbu 17y ago
Available in Belgium. Where are you ?
ugh 17y ago
Geo-locked? That’s strange. Where? I can watch here in Germany. Despite having to endure ads which are in no way relevant for me. I thought only Hulu was geo-locked. People might simply not know that something is geo-locked if it’s only unavailable in a few places. The sites (regrettably) don’t come with a warning.
- gjm11 17y ago
  Unavailable in the UK.
  - ugh 17y ago
    That’s both mean and strange. What possible gain could there be from excluding the UK and (seemingly) allowing access in continental Europe?
    - pmjordan 17y ago
      IIRC, (a version of) The Daily Show is broadcast on UK television. We wouldn't want competition now, would we?
      - ugh 17y ago
        Comedy Central is broadcasting The Daily Show here in Germany. CNN, too. A crappy cut-together version, but still.
      - halo 17y ago
        Indeed. It's shown on the digital terrestrial channel More4 the day after broadcast, as well as available online via 4OD. Sadly, The Colbert Report is also blocked and that's not shown in the UK.
    - pavel_lishin 17y ago
      Looks like they're blocking predominantly English-speaking countries.
    - bobbyi 17y ago
      Because someone owns the exclusive rights to the Daily Show in the UK and no one does in Germany.
    - petercooper 17y ago
      None. For people who don't know any better, they just hit "Back" and a visitor is lost. For people who know better, they connect to a VPN quickly, watch the video, then hop back off again :-)
  - StrawberryFrog 17y ago
    I'm seeing it fine in the UK. There's a bit of firefox configuration to do first, but I got around to that a few months ago, then forgot about it - it just works now. You can probably find it if you google.
- brandon272 17y ago
  Unavailable in Canada.
  - jayair 17y ago
    http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart---march-4-2010/#clip270998 http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-ste...
- henrikschroder 17y ago
  Where I am (Sweden) the full episodes are locked, but the partial clips are free.
nollidge 17y ago
It's by-definition kind of hard to know when something is geo-locked if you can see it just fine.
GrandMasterBirt 17y ago
Unless its to tell their friends "lol ur f0x0red"! Nah, ok lets get a thread going on proxy mechanisms to help handelaar open up this website.
- randomtask 17y ago
  FreeVPN
varaon 17y ago
Follow the instructions here to watch the video: http://ohryan.ca/blog/2009/08/15/how-to-watch-comedy-central-videos-from-canada/ http://ohryan.ca/blog/2009/08/15/how-to-watch-comedy-central... Needs Firefox in order to install the Modify Headers extension.

fbu 17y ago

Available in Belgium. Where are you ?

ugh 17y ago

Geo-locked? That’s strange. Where? I can watch here in Germany. Despite having to endure ads which are in no way relevant for me. I thought only Hulu was geo-locked. People might simply not know that something is geo-locked if it’s only unavailable in a few places. The sites (regrettably) don’t come with a warning.

gjm11 17y ago
Unavailable in the UK.
- ugh 17y ago
  That’s both mean and strange. What possible gain could there be from excluding the UK and (seemingly) allowing access in continental Europe?
  - pmjordan 17y ago
    IIRC, (a version of) The Daily Show is broadcast on UK television. We wouldn't want competition now, would we?
    - ugh 17y ago
      Comedy Central is broadcasting The Daily Show here in Germany. CNN, too. A crappy cut-together version, but still.
    - halo 17y ago
      Indeed. It's shown on the digital terrestrial channel More4 the day after broadcast, as well as available online via 4OD. Sadly, The Colbert Report is also blocked and that's not shown in the UK.
  - pavel_lishin 17y ago
    Looks like they're blocking predominantly English-speaking countries.
  - bobbyi 17y ago
    Because someone owns the exclusive rights to the Daily Show in the UK and no one does in Germany.
  - petercooper 17y ago
    None. For people who don't know any better, they just hit "Back" and a visitor is lost. For people who know better, they connect to a VPN quickly, watch the video, then hop back off again :-)
- StrawberryFrog 17y ago
  I'm seeing it fine in the UK. There's a bit of firefox configuration to do first, but I got around to that a few months ago, then forgot about it - it just works now. You can probably find it if you google.
brandon272 17y ago
Unavailable in Canada.
- jayair 17y ago
  http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart---march-4-2010/#clip270998 http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-ste...
henrikschroder 17y ago
Where I am (Sweden) the full episodes are locked, but the partial clips are free.

nollidge 17y ago

It's by-definition kind of hard to know when something is geo-locked if you can see it just fine.

GrandMasterBirt 17y ago

Unless its to tell their friends "lol ur f0x0red"! Nah, ok lets get a thread going on proxy mechanisms to help handelaar open up this website.

randomtask 17y ago
FreeVPN

varaon 17y ago

Follow the instructions here to watch the video: http://ohryan.ca/blog/2009/08/15/how-to-watch-comedy-central-videos-from-canada/ http://ohryan.ca/blog/2009/08/15/how-to-watch-comedy-central... Needs Firefox in order to install the Modify Headers extension.