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I still see "This Content is not available in your Country" on many Japanese Youtube Videos (browsing from USA). And even stranger, it only shows that message w

I still see "This Content is not available in your Country" on many Japanese Youtube Videos (browsing from USA). And even stranger, it only shows that message when browsing from a mobile phone's browser (ex: iPhone Safari). Here's an example of a cat video (there are many more) : https://www.pawpurrazi.com/cat-toilet-paper-sit-roll/ https://www.pawpurrazi.com/cat-toilet-paper-sit-roll/ Watch the youtube embed video on that page in a mobile phone. So what gives? Is Japan also in some dispute?

TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
No, Japanese rightsholders just tend to be strict.
resfirestar 10y ago
Also in the USA. That cat video plays on Firefox and Chrome for Android, but if I open the link on my laptop and open the embed in a new tab (because I block external scripts on my laptop), it "contains content from Jukin Media. It is restricted from playback on certain sites." So my guess in this particular case would be that something in Safari prevents YouTube from recognizing that the video is embedded on a site that bought an embed license. The more general problem with watching Japanese videos from the US is largely due to the fact that many Japanese media companies like to sell exclusive international distribution rights for all of their content, regardless of whether the buyer will actually distribute all of the content, or if the buyer is only going to use it in China or Korea. So they block their videos outside of Japan and we often can't find a version available in the US.
- sean_patel 10y ago
  Interesting. This makes sense. So I guess the content owner / "Licensor" is the problem here, and not Youtube. Good to know.
kalleboo 10y ago
Some labels have not accepted the YouTube Red agreements, which means they're unavailable in countries where YouTube Red has been launched (=only the US right now I think) http://www.networkworld.com/article/3014058/mobile-wireless/youtube-red-blocks-japanese-contributors-content-for-refusing-to-use-its-paid-version.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/3014058/mobile-wireless/...

TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago

No, Japanese rightsholders just tend to be strict.

resfirestar 10y ago

Also in the USA. That cat video plays on Firefox and Chrome for Android, but if I open the link on my laptop and open the embed in a new tab (because I block external scripts on my laptop), it "contains content from Jukin Media. It is restricted from playback on certain sites." So my guess in this particular case would be that something in Safari prevents YouTube from recognizing that the video is embedded on a site that bought an embed license. The more general problem with watching Japanese videos from the US is largely due to the fact that many Japanese media companies like to sell exclusive international distribution rights for all of their content, regardless of whether the buyer will actually distribute all of the content, or if the buyer is only going to use it in China or Korea. So they block their videos outside of Japan and we often can't find a version available in the US.

sean_patel 10y ago
Interesting. This makes sense. So I guess the content owner / "Licensor" is the problem here, and not Youtube. Good to know.

kalleboo 10y ago

Some labels have not accepted the YouTube Red agreements, which means they're unavailable in countries where YouTube Red has been launched (=only the US right now I think) http://www.networkworld.com/article/3014058/mobile-wireless/youtube-red-blocks-japanese-contributors-content-for-refusing-to-use-its-paid-version.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/3014058/mobile-wireless/...