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Daily Show Full Episodes Now Blocked in Australia and other Countries

posted by dag

6 months 2 weeks ago • 786 views

It seems that the Comedy Channel in Australia has put pressure on Comedy Central to block Australians from viewing The Daily Show episodes online. I use StrongVPN, and simply flip the switch, but I'm sure most people will just go back to BitTorrent. I liked watching the full episodes on the Web because the quality is reasonably high and I'm not uploading anything as I am through BitTorrent. (uploads are a concern for many in Australia as we often pay for bandwidth in both directions)

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If only they could have blocked Family Guy instead.

written by kronosposeidon

| 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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That is so damn dumb. I'm starting to see the occasional video blocked here in the USA, too. I don't see the rationale for it. Maybe they save a little bandwidth, but otherwise it just seems chintzy and short-sighted.

To me, one of the fundamental principles of the internet was to transcend borders.

written by rougy

| 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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TechCrunch reports that Hulu is now also blocking some proxies like HotSpot Shield, though not mine - just checked.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/06/control-freaks-hulu-now-blocks-anonymous-proxies-too/

written by dag

| 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Hmm, Hulu still works with HotSpot for me. I only watch the clip snippets on the CC site of Daily Show/Colbert anyway, and they haven't blocked those for some unknown reason so meh.

written by RedSky