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Ah dang, U.S. only. Sometimes it feels like the internet is only for Americans.

by navs 15y ago

thomasgerbe 15y ago
Spotify doesn't work in the U.S. Sometimes it feels like the internet is only for Europeans.
- lukencode 15y ago
  Chin up guys, neither work in Australia
  - nkassis 15y ago
    Your cousins in Canada feel your pain, hell all I have to do is drive 30 minutes and I can use all this cool stuff.
    - thomasgerbe 15y ago
      I'd love to watch CBC's Hockey Night in Canada and view some TSN videos but alas, only available in Canada.
- TillE 15y ago
  Congratulations, you've named the one popular service that's only available in a few (seven) European countries and not the US. Which has plenty of great alternatives. Unlike Germany, which has one (Simfy), and it's shit. Nearly everything but Spotify is US first, everywhere else later. Often never. Which only makes sense, since so many major tech companies are American.
  - VMG 15y ago
    What is the difference to grooveshark?
cageface 15y ago
You can thank the lawyers for that, I'm sure.
guelo 15y ago
It seems like this type of thing provides huge openings for foreign entrepreneurs. See a successful US-only service and copy it, letting the Americans take all the risk of proving it in the market! Why don't we see more of that?
- jrwoodruff 15y ago
  Because it's not the service controlling this, it's the copyright holders. Any service (netflix, hulu, et. al.) that wants to play nice with those in the copyright business have to limit their distribution per whatever licensing agreement they have.
- nextparadigms 15y ago
  Probably because VC money can't be as easily found as in Silicon Valley.
- rhizome 15y ago
  There has been no music locker licensed for unrestricted geography. See also: Spotify. This is the content owners' fault.
- smackfu 15y ago
  Probably the size of the respective markets. Also that the content is mainly American in the first place.
- JoeAltmaier 15y ago
  Why doesn't a proxy work? Or is that all it takes?

Ah dang, U.S. only. Sometimes it feels like the internet is only for Americans.

by navs 15y ago

Ah dang, U.S. only. Sometimes it feels like the internet is only for Americans.

thomasgerbe 15y ago

Spotify doesn't work in the U.S. Sometimes it feels like the internet is only for Europeans.

lukencode 15y ago
Chin up guys, neither work in Australia
- nkassis 15y ago
  Your cousins in Canada feel your pain, hell all I have to do is drive 30 minutes and I can use all this cool stuff.
  - thomasgerbe 15y ago
    I'd love to watch CBC's Hockey Night in Canada and view some TSN videos but alas, only available in Canada.
TillE 15y ago
Congratulations, you've named the one popular service that's only available in a few (seven) European countries and not the US. Which has plenty of great alternatives. Unlike Germany, which has one (Simfy), and it's shit. Nearly everything but Spotify is US first, everywhere else later. Often never. Which only makes sense, since so many major tech companies are American.
- VMG 15y ago
  What is the difference to grooveshark?

cageface 15y ago

You can thank the lawyers for that, I'm sure.

guelo 15y ago

It seems like this type of thing provides huge openings for foreign entrepreneurs. See a successful US-only service and copy it, letting the Americans take all the risk of proving it in the market! Why don't we see more of that?

jrwoodruff 15y ago
Because it's not the service controlling this, it's the copyright holders. Any service (netflix, hulu, et. al.) that wants to play nice with those in the copyright business have to limit their distribution per whatever licensing agreement they have.
nextparadigms 15y ago
Probably because VC money can't be as easily found as in Silicon Valley.
rhizome 15y ago
There has been no music locker licensed for unrestricted geography. See also: Spotify. This is the content owners' fault.
smackfu 15y ago
Probably the size of the respective markets. Also that the content is mainly American in the first place.
JoeAltmaier 15y ago
Why doesn't a proxy work? Or is that all it takes?