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Hulu Blocks International Access Via Witopia
An anonymous reader notes, and excerpts from, an article at PC Authority: "It's human nature that people always want what they can't have — which is why there's so much interest around the world in accessing the US-only Hulu site. Hulu offers a range of television shows for streaming, including Family Guy, The Daily Show and House along with a few full length movies. ... If you're outside the US, the easiest method for accessing Hulu that many people are discussing online, is using a US-based VPN, which tricks Hulu into thinking their computer is within the US. Initially Hulu started cracking down on free VPN services such as Hotspot Shield, but now it's turned its attention to Witopia — which costs $40 or $US60 per year but offers a faster, more secure and more reliable service than its free competitors. Initially Witopia's LA gateway remained unaffected, but now Hulu has blocked this as well."
... then you have to move to America, you Eurotrash fag. It's bad enough you mooch on the internet and GPS... now you want US TV, too?
Fuck you! Suck my American cock.
Oh you see nothing wrong blocking access because its doesnt afffect you.
I on the other hand have been paying for cable in Canada since the mid70's and still pay for access to american stations like NBC,etc.
The networks make money selling to canadian cable providers, border affiliates advertize heavily cross border.
To top it all off,canadian pop culture is american TV.
Friends, Seinfeld, Mash, Cheers, Golden Girls, LA, Law, Jerry Lewis Telethons, you name it. Sports? Please... there is only one league in the whole country.
Canadian content is a farce in english (in french its nothing more than copies of american TV or reality concepts but at least it seems different because of the language) TV, it is defacto all american content.
ABC, NBC and CBS have been taking my money through the cable distributor for decades but when it comes to offering the internet service, oh, we dont know you.
Btw, I PAY to get american TV, you get it for free.
Two, I dont give a rats ass about military asshats, homegrown or not.
You chose a career and it has nothing to do with me. Swing around a pole, flip some burgers, blow an old dude for his pension check... dont make your bad career choices be a burden to me.
Dont get me wrong, Im not against what they do, i think people who are willing to kill without asking questions should be as far away from civilazation as possible.
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Dear Darkness404, you are wasting your breath. You've just sent an open letter on a geek site to a bunch of B-Ark movie producers. The chances that they read this are nil. Your reasoning and logic don't work on people who have a reputation for indulging in extreme drug habits and alcoholism, not to mention corruption and other excesses. These people would sell their mother's kidney on Ebay if they could find a way. Trying to reason with such vipers is probably quite bad for your health. But you may be modded up.
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>>>If Hulu couldn't make enough from ad revenue overseas then they should offer a paid subscription.
My airplane club needs a new flying field, and we want you to donate $10 each month to support it. If you don't have enough revenue, then you should go get a second job.
Oh wait! There's that issue of -freedom of choice- which allow you Not to fund my field. Ditto Hulu which also has freedom of choice Not to offer paid subscriptions. Damn.
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