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April 21, 2008
AMP, geo-restrictions
AMP, geo-restrictions: Link goes to a machine-translation of a German PC-Welt article, about how some television shows (such as the CBS "CSI" property) can no longer be viewed in all regions via Adobe Media Player. The viewing policy is set by the content provider (such as CBS) rather than by the technology provider (Adobe), and recently CBS did enact viewing policies to respect their local agreements. I've been searching around and haven't found as many complaints as I might have expected, but it's a difficult thing to search for... if you see repercussions or have other questions then please drop a note in comments here and I'll work on it, thanks.
Posted by JohnDowdell at April 21, 2008 12:58 PM
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or those of us affected by this simply gave up complaining?
i can understand some of the newer shows being restricted BUT the original star trek or twilight zone series? as far as i know nobody here in the big mango even knows these exists let alone plan on broadcasting them.
ps: a bit of FOS gossip, the new post-coup government seems to have made the use/possession of s/w tools to get around their net filters illegal (though the process might have started during the coup-installed gov).
Posted by: PaulH at April 21, 2008 07:54 PM