Hacker News Reader

On the world wide web, jumping to Hulu, an explicitly US-only site that blocks all of the rest of the world, is a bad decision overall.

I guess everyone else will be pirating that new series if they want to watch it. He's made that choice. Sorry, FreddieW, whoever you are, on one level I kind of hope it doesn't work out for you: balkanisation of the world wide web is not really something I want to encourage and thrive.

View on HN

Fortunately, the whole point of going to Hulu was that he doesn't have to count the nickels coming in through youtube ad revenue. I for one welcome networks and digital media companies paying creators for their work. If Hulu loses ad money because they don't let certain countries watch, then that's their own business problem, and one that is almost certainly due to the cost associated with licensing, which is the fault of the countries involved.

I can't watch KBS World live on youtube because I live in the US and there's a TV station for that. I don't blame KBS, because it's not their decision, it's a product of the legal requirements they must meet to continue to operate, and I enjoy the content.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com