Hulu Again Removed From Boxee and Again Added Back

An anonymous reader writes "In a mouse and cat game, Hulu the popular online content provider of shows, movies, and more has blocked Boxee yet again from accessing the Hulu content from the Boxee application. Just as Boxee added RSS feeds to include Hulu content, Hulu responded with blocking Boxee users from accessing the content via RSS feeds the very same day. RSS feeds are publicly available and it's really disappointing to hear that a site would block certain applications from accessing their content in such a manner. I would assume that the Boxee development team is currently working on disguising its browser to look like Firefox, Internet Explorer, or some other known browser in an attempt to fool Hulu."

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Re:Boxee is not like RSS in a browser

[ShieldW0lf]

How would you feel if someone hot-linked your content, consumed your bandwidth, and gave you no advertising revenue in exchange?

Attracting my attention to your particular little problem is the product. The content is the advertisement for the product. The bandwidth is justified because reaching into someone elses mind and affecting it with what you create and publish is the reward.

If reaching other people with your creation is not your goal, if you consider that aspect of the exchange meaningless, if the only reason you publish is so you can bait a hook and sell influence to a third party, then you should get the hell out of the business. You're an antisocial bastard who doesn't deserve a dime, and you don't deserve to have people pay the slightest bit of attention to the crap you're peddling.

Personally, I think taking money for advertising is tantamount to fraud and people who do it should be systematically punished.