Comments on: I want my video on demand…. http://madisonian.net/2009/11/06/i-want-my-video-on-demand/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:06:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tony http://madisonian.net/2009/11/06/i-want-my-video-on-demand/comment-page-1/#comment-299295 Tony Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:35 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3332#comment-299295 Also possible that Netflix, etc doesn't have the rights to broadcast in non-U.S. countries, and that those rights have been licensed to different companies. Hopefully this will change in the future (with more things just being licensed globally). In the meantime, it's called: use a proxy server or VPN in the U.S. to get around these restrictions. Unfortunately, they aren't always fast enough. Also possible that Netflix, etc doesn’t have the rights to broadcast in non-U.S. countries, and that those rights have been licensed to different companies.

Hopefully this will change in the future (with more things just being licensed globally). In the meantime, it’s called: use a proxy server or VPN in the U.S. to get around these restrictions. Unfortunately, they aren’t always fast enough.

]]> By: Bruce Boyden http://madisonian.net/2009/11/06/i-want-my-video-on-demand/comment-page-1/#comment-299273 Bruce Boyden Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:33:00 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3332#comment-299273 I don't think it's just fear of redistribution, I suspect it's at least partly due to the fact that there is a long history of agreements in place out there that restrict rights by territory, which was fine to do when the business was based almost entirely on physical media or terrestrial broadcasting. That's probably not true for all content but it would be administratively simpler just to restrict Netflix et al. distribution to the U.S. than figure it out work by work. I don’t think it’s just fear of redistribution, I suspect it’s at least partly due to the fact that there is a long history of agreements in place out there that restrict rights by territory, which was fine to do when the business was based almost entirely on physical media or terrestrial broadcasting. That’s probably not true for all content but it would be administratively simpler just to restrict Netflix et al. distribution to the U.S. than figure it out work by work.

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