Comments on: Hey Canadians: No Daily Show for you http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:10:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Andrew Cranston http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-335621 Andrew Cranston Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:24:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/#comment-335621 It's not like I want to watch episodes from iTunes for free, I have to pay for them like everyone else. So why am I not allowed, as a Canadian, to purchase episodes and movies off of iTunes? Sure I can watch them for free on CTV but if I want to buy them LEGALLY to carry around on my iPod or iPhone, I can't because of where I live. Come on, Apple, be smart. We're willing to give you money for this stuff, let us pay you! It’s not like I want to watch episodes from iTunes for free, I have to pay for them like everyone else. So why am I not allowed, as a Canadian, to purchase episodes and movies off of iTunes? Sure I can watch them for free on CTV but if I want to buy them LEGALLY to carry around on my iPod or iPhone, I can’t because of where I live.

Come on, Apple, be smart. We’re willing to give you money for this stuff, let us pay you!

]]> By: Digitally Divided http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-335461 Digitally Divided Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:37:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/#comment-335461 I mentioned this challenge to a techical friend of mine. He snickered and said, two words. Foxy Proxy - a Mozilla/Firefox Plug-in resolves the challenge with having a Canadian IP address. For those willing to tinker with some files and settings, you too can work pass these limitations and catch that missed episode that you could have recorded, watched live or downloaded illegally. These people are delusional thinking we actually watch commercials. I mentioned this challenge to a techical friend of mine. He snickered and said, two words. Foxy Proxy – a Mozilla/Firefox Plug-in resolves the challenge with having a Canadian IP address. For those willing to tinker with some files and settings, you too can work pass these limitations and catch that missed episode that you could have recorded, watched live or downloaded illegally. These people are delusional thinking we actually watch commercials.

]]> By: Mike Allan http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-335435 Mike Allan Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:06:58 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/#comment-335435 Where there is a will there is a way. Now I'm not advocating this, but using a proxy service (like hidemyass.com) and the embedding features on the Daily Show website I was able to snag a couple of videos and post them on a website. They played back fine here in the Great White North. Arrrgh matey ! Where there is a will there is a way. Now I’m not advocating this, but using a proxy service (like hidemyass.com) and the embedding features on the Daily Show website I was able to snag a couple of videos and post them on a website. They played back fine here in the Great White North.

Arrrgh matey !

]]> By: Richard Budman http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-335431 Richard Budman Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:13:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/#comment-335431 Viacom can claim all they want that they get the whole "web 2.0" video sharing thing - with new sites like dailyshow.com. But until they rid themselves of all the old media baggage type DRM (and yes, Viacom and CTV protecting their Canadian "TV" rights to the DailyShow is a type of DRM) Viacom and all it's satellite sites combined will never be able to really compete with the truly free YouTubes of the world (which as far as I can remember never restricted any video because I was in Canada.) Viacom can claim all they want that they get the whole “web 2.0″ video sharing thing – with new sites like dailyshow.com. But until they rid themselves of all the old media baggage type DRM (and yes, Viacom and CTV protecting their Canadian “TV” rights to the DailyShow is a type of DRM) Viacom and all it’s satellite sites combined will never be able to really compete with the truly free YouTubes of the world (which as far as I can remember never restricted any video because I was in Canada.)

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-335426 Mathew Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:53:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/25/hey-canadians-no-daily-show-for-you/#comment-335426 Thanks for that, Luke. I guess that might be because Britain doesn't have anyone who has licensed the show for re-broadcast, the way Canada does. The crashing thing is a whole different story :-) Thanks for that, Luke. I guess that might be because Britain doesn’t have anyone who has licensed the show for re-broadcast, the way Canada does.

The crashing thing is a whole different story :-)

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