Apologies to any non-U.S. readers who aren't able to access the video in the previous post. Not my fault; I'm only King of the World in my head, which is of course the best place to be King of the World, since everything works out in my favor that way and all is always for the best. There are no inconvenient insoluble problems for the KotW as long as he's imaginary.
I do have to say I don't like the "national ghettoizing" of web content that seems to have quietly gained its ominous foothold. But the pipers must be paid I guess.
Mike
Featured Comment by Hugh Crawford: "That King of the World thing works out fine, it's just that somehow I'm married to the Queen of the Universe."
Featured Comment by erlik: "Yep, I'm a honorary American, too, it seems. :) But that idiocy with blocking IP ranges is galling. And stinking to high heaven. Various series, okay, I can understand that. But music videos—So-and-So is the owner of the content and they blocked it in your country. It's promotional material, for Pete's sake. Do they understand the meaning of 'world wide web' and the concept of promotion? Even worse if it's the really real promotional material. I've had a film trailer blocked because of my location. A. Film. Trailer. Words failed me."
It worked for me, and I'm in Canada.
Posted by: Paul Van | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 09:30 AM
It's only logical Mike. If you're producing tv content that will air in other countries in six months or one year, transmitting it openly through the net destroys the value of your product. But I'm in Argentina an I was able to watch the video, so I don't think that particular one is blocked.
Posted by: Max | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 09:49 AM
It worked in Poland, too. Best wishes!
Posted by: Jerzy | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 10:02 AM
Luckily, Comedy Central & Jon Stewart have yet to be blocked in Japan. Many other programs---including many PBS programs are---even though some of those blocked are not shown in Japan, and if they are, it is often at a time that nobody can watch. In effect, they are simply blocking anyone from being able to watch, either on TV or Internet. Not that anyone under 300 years old actually watches TV anymore...
Posted by: David H. | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 10:11 AM
For Canadian viewers:
http://dailyshow.thecomedynetwork.ca/#player-area
Choose May 4.
Posted by: Michel Hardy-Vallée | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 10:22 AM
I'm in Holland and it worked for me too.
Thanks for posting, KotW!
Posted by: J. | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 11:15 AM
Worked for me in Germany - as opposed to many Youtube videos with background music.
Posted by: Friedrich | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 02:30 PM
If you want to view US videos, just bounce your packets off an open proxy to trick the Geo-IP blocking.
Try googling "US open proxy servers" and find a good proxy server to put into your internet options / network preferences...
Cheers, Pak
Posted by: Pak-Ming Wan | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 03:28 PM
Yep, I'm a honorary American, too, it seems. :)
But that idiocy with blocking IP ranges is galling. And stinking to high heaven. Various series, okay, I can understand that. But music videos - So-and-So is the owner of the content and they blocked it in your country. It's promotional material, for Pete's sake. Do you understand the meaning of "world wide web" and the concept of promotion?
Even worse if it's the really real promotional material. I've had a film trailer blocked because of my location. A. Film. Trailer. Words failed me.
Posted by: erlik | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 03:59 PM
I was able to watch (and chuckle) and I am in Australia.
W.
Posted by: Walter Glover | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 05:48 PM
Australia must have become the 51st state. Lucky I didn't notice, I'd have been quite upset.
Voltz
Posted by: V.I. Voltz | Friday, 06 May 2011 at 08:14 PM