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But it's on the iPlayer and works perfectly? So you can watch it in your own country https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dkb144 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/

But it's on the iPlayer and works perfectly? So you can watch it in your own country https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dkb144 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dkb144

CommanderData 4y ago
BBC iPlayer is restricted to UK residents only.
- iso1631 4y ago
  It's quite sad, it's a generic "this video isn't allowed globally due to rights". That makes perfect sense when you're talking about last nights showing of Moanna, or even Eastenders (where background music in the pub might not be cleared for use outside the UK), but when it comes to a program like this you'd hope exceptions would be made.
  - jeroenhd 4y ago
    These programs are often made by commercial entities (like BBC Worldwide, which is separate from the normal state funded BBC) who license their material to foreign streaming services like Netflix. If every impactful documentary would be given away for free, there's no incentive for anyone to pay the company behind it to make more. Journalism is expensive and I don't think enough people would donate to a large corporation through Patreon. I would love documentaries like these to be available without restriction, but when it comes to copyright and business model, it really does come close to Moanna or Eastenders.
    - iso1631 4y ago
      Part of the BBC's remit is the world service, and serving India especially. There is a very large production office in Delhi which produces multiple TV programs each day in various languages.
Hizonner 4y ago
Kind of not the point. The BBC being unwilling to be intimidated doesn't imply that Youtube should be willing. And I wonder if that BBC link works in India. Or if this one does: https://btdig.com/search?q=modi+question&order=2 https://btdig.com/search?q=modi+question&order=2
- archon1410 4y ago
  > BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues. BCC iPlayer doesn't work in any country other than the UK, so there isn't any question of it working in India. BTDigg is blocked in India, along with most piracy oriented websites, since long before the BBC documentary thing I think.
  - wkat4242 4y ago
    But for the content they make, they own the rights. Including this doc, right? So what's the problem?
    - Hizonner 4y ago
      They make money selling the rights to stuff they produce in other parts of the world. Maybe not for this particular show, but in general. They presumably treat everything on the service exactly the same, because it would cost them money to do otherwise, and also because they probably don't want to pay for the bandwidth for foreign users. I suspect you probably have to have a UK TV license to watch it, too, which means they're charging for it in the UK. It'd actually be surprising if they had a way to treat different content differently, as opposed to the whole service being all or nothing. They probably also have foreign stuff on there that they've bought only the UK rights for.
      - newswasboring 4y ago
        At some point BBC needs to make a streaming service for everyone. Anyone with a 100 video content library is making their own, BBC is leaving money on the table I think. Unless licensing their content makes them way more money, the only other blockers I can think of are competence related and things being slow because of BBC's semi government organization.
jamal-kumar 4y ago
Not outside of the UK without a VPN (And let's be honest, who buys one in a country which has restricted internet to begin with?) but if they haven't blocked this link in your locale here's an option to watch it as well: https://archive.org/details/india.-the.-modi.-question.-s-01-e-01.720p.i-p.-webrip.x-264-galaxy-tv/India.The.Modi.Question.S01E01.720p.iP.WEBRip.x264-GalaxyTV.mkv https://archive.org/details/india.-the.-modi.-question.-s-01...
- wkat4242 4y ago
  > And let's be honest, who buys one in a country which has restricted internet to begin with? It would be the first thing I'd get in a country with restricted internet :)
  - marcosdumay 4y ago
    You'd buy a VPN outside of that country, not inside it.
    - wkat4242 4y ago
      Ah but most VPNs have exit nodes in pretty much every major country in the world.
- gorbypark 4y ago
  Are there VPN services that reliably work with geo-blocked content? I haven't tried many but I have currently have a Mullvad subscription and I basically can't watch anything as all the IPs are blocked. I've also done some searches about the other big VPN providers and it seems like they are all blocked too. I wonder if I can spin up a VPS and roll my own? I kinda of assume all the major cloud provider IPs would be blocked as well.
  - jamal-kumar 4y ago
    Roll your own for sure I suggest trying out wireguard, it's a ton easier to set up than openvpn or ipsec I haven't been blocked on decently reputed hosting providers
cpufry 4y ago
i thought the whole point is that you cant watch it in india

But it's on the iPlayer and works perfectly? So you can watch it in your own country https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dkb144 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dkb144

CommanderData 4y ago

BBC iPlayer is restricted to UK residents only.

iso1631 4y ago
It's quite sad, it's a generic "this video isn't allowed globally due to rights". That makes perfect sense when you're talking about last nights showing of Moanna, or even Eastenders (where background music in the pub might not be cleared for use outside the UK), but when it comes to a program like this you'd hope exceptions would be made.
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  These programs are often made by commercial entities (like BBC Worldwide, which is separate from the normal state funded BBC) who license their material to foreign streaming services like Netflix. If every impactful documentary would be given away for free, there's no incentive for anyone to pay the company behind it to make more. Journalism is expensive and I don't think enough people would donate to a large corporation through Patreon. I would love documentaries like these to be available without restriction, but when it comes to copyright and business model, it really does come close to Moanna or Eastenders.
  - iso1631 4y ago
    Part of the BBC's remit is the world service, and serving India especially. There is a very large production office in Delhi which produces multiple TV programs each day in various languages.

Hizonner 4y ago

Kind of not the point. The BBC being unwilling to be intimidated doesn't imply that Youtube should be willing. And I wonder if that BBC link works in India. Or if this one does: https://btdig.com/search?q=modi+question&order=2 https://btdig.com/search?q=modi+question&order=2

archon1410 4y ago
> BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues. BCC iPlayer doesn't work in any country other than the UK, so there isn't any question of it working in India. BTDigg is blocked in India, along with most piracy oriented websites, since long before the BBC documentary thing I think.
- wkat4242 4y ago
  But for the content they make, they own the rights. Including this doc, right? So what's the problem?
  - Hizonner 4y ago
    They make money selling the rights to stuff they produce in other parts of the world. Maybe not for this particular show, but in general. They presumably treat everything on the service exactly the same, because it would cost them money to do otherwise, and also because they probably don't want to pay for the bandwidth for foreign users. I suspect you probably have to have a UK TV license to watch it, too, which means they're charging for it in the UK. It'd actually be surprising if they had a way to treat different content differently, as opposed to the whole service being all or nothing. They probably also have foreign stuff on there that they've bought only the UK rights for.
    - newswasboring 4y ago
      At some point BBC needs to make a streaming service for everyone. Anyone with a 100 video content library is making their own, BBC is leaving money on the table I think. Unless licensing their content makes them way more money, the only other blockers I can think of are competence related and things being slow because of BBC's semi government organization.

jamal-kumar 4y ago

Not outside of the UK without a VPN (And let's be honest, who buys one in a country which has restricted internet to begin with?) but if they haven't blocked this link in your locale here's an option to watch it as well: https://archive.org/details/india.-the.-modi.-question.-s-01-e-01.720p.i-p.-webrip.x-264-galaxy-tv/India.The.Modi.Question.S01E01.720p.iP.WEBRip.x264-GalaxyTV.mkv https://archive.org/details/india.-the.-modi.-question.-s-01...

wkat4242 4y ago
> And let's be honest, who buys one in a country which has restricted internet to begin with? It would be the first thing I'd get in a country with restricted internet :)
- marcosdumay 4y ago
  You'd buy a VPN outside of that country, not inside it.
  - wkat4242 4y ago
    Ah but most VPNs have exit nodes in pretty much every major country in the world.
gorbypark 4y ago
Are there VPN services that reliably work with geo-blocked content? I haven't tried many but I have currently have a Mullvad subscription and I basically can't watch anything as all the IPs are blocked. I've also done some searches about the other big VPN providers and it seems like they are all blocked too. I wonder if I can spin up a VPS and roll my own? I kinda of assume all the major cloud provider IPs would be blocked as well.
- jamal-kumar 4y ago
  Roll your own for sure I suggest trying out wireguard, it's a ton easier to set up than openvpn or ipsec I haven't been blocked on decently reputed hosting providers

cpufry 4y ago

i thought the whole point is that you cant watch it in india