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"While in Nagpur, I met a young man who loved using YouTube to watch WWE wrestling and wanted to show us his favorite video. But after he found it and tapped to

"While in Nagpur, I met a young man who loved using YouTube to watch WWE wrestling and wanted to show us his favorite video. But after he found it and tapped to play, the video just wouldn’t load" I believe this is really bad example, as WWE is a "premium content" so you have to pay extra to watch it. Therefore Youtube removes those videos (there is only 2 WWE videos which is from legal accounts). So it's pretty awkward example just as "the young man in Nagpur wants to watch Game of Thrones with his HBO Go membership but he can't because of he is poor internet connection."

ToastyMallows 10y ago
This also struck me. I was surprised that they picked WWE of all things, you would think that video would be region locked and thus not available outside of the US, like a lot of things are.
- izacus 10y ago
  I think that pretty much is just the reflection of the fact that Google never properly cared to bring their products outside of US. A lot of even their free services are region locked for no good reason (which is kind of opposed to Apple for example, who rarely region locks their services).
- dingo_bat 10y ago
  I'm in India. I searched "wwe". Tons of videos. No evidence of region blocking or as another person said "premium content". Have a look: http://imgur.com/8xgmnDq http://imgur.com/8xgmnDq Maybe they are premium content in US but free here.
  - ToastyMallows 10y ago
    Thanks for the fact check! I'm glad that they're not region locked, but I know that a TON of stuff is.
- adamrezich 10y ago
  Perhaps them using that specific example was an attempt to court Mr. McMahon into opening licensing negotiations, by demonstrating the profitability of a specific target demographic that is watching pirated content anyways.
fu9ar 10y ago
Shit, often videos "just don't load" and I am in the middle of a major US metro area.
dingo_bat 10y ago
I can find so many wwe videos on YouTube. Who cares if it is from an official channel or not?

ToastyMallows 10y ago

This also struck me. I was surprised that they picked WWE of all things, you would think that video would be region locked and thus not available outside of the US, like a lot of things are.

izacus 10y ago
I think that pretty much is just the reflection of the fact that Google never properly cared to bring their products outside of US. A lot of even their free services are region locked for no good reason (which is kind of opposed to Apple for example, who rarely region locks their services).
dingo_bat 10y ago
I'm in India. I searched "wwe". Tons of videos. No evidence of region blocking or as another person said "premium content". Have a look: http://imgur.com/8xgmnDq http://imgur.com/8xgmnDq Maybe they are premium content in US but free here.
- ToastyMallows 10y ago
  Thanks for the fact check! I'm glad that they're not region locked, but I know that a TON of stuff is.
adamrezich 10y ago
Perhaps them using that specific example was an attempt to court Mr. McMahon into opening licensing negotiations, by demonstrating the profitability of a specific target demographic that is watching pirated content anyways.

fu9ar 10y ago

Shit, often videos "just don't load" and I am in the middle of a major US metro area.

dingo_bat 10y ago

I can find so many wwe videos on YouTube. Who cares if it is from an official channel or not?