Comedy Central’s online archive of The Daily Show is now being blocked from non-US web users, leaving Australian viewers (and many others, including, say, US troops serving overseas) three options:
- Pay the local pay-TV company, if there is one, $60/month or so for one TV show;
- Go through the hassle of using a US proxy to access the Comedy Central site;
- Learn about torrents.
Since #1 is just ridiculous, and #2 is a right pain in the arse… congratulations to everyone involved for pushing people to piracy. You’re geniuses.
I’d embed a satirical clip from the show to highlight the ridiculousness of this BUT YOU WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
6 responses so far ↓
AnonymousCoward // 2 May, 2009 at 4:32 pm
If it should just happen that one was browsing the web via one of those proxies that happens to be located in the you-ess-ay, would one be able to view the footage?
This has been a rhetorical question.
George // 3 May, 2009 at 1:23 am
Incredible. It was the discovery of that site which got me to stop downloading episodes.
And the harshest blow of all? His last guest was Hugh Jackman.*
*Not because I’m particularly fond of him, just that he’s Australian.
karl // 4 May, 2009 at 2:38 pm
It’s all about the bucks.
Spock... // 5 May, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I can still access videos on the Daily Show Website???
When is it coming into effect?
Or has it already and I am just lucky?
Jeremy // 5 May, 2009 at 10:05 pm
It’s only the full versions of the episodes that are blocked.
Oh, get over yourselves « An Onymous Lefty // 11 May, 2009 at 8:51 am
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