electrons crossing national borders [was Re: Debian: Broken packages, bug]

[Thomas Milne]

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:36 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> | From: Thomas Milne <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>
> | The only real limitation I run into is the idiotic Canadian ban on
> | streaming other country's TV shows, like from Comedy Central and so
> | on.
>
> It's actually a Comedy Central ban on Canada, not a Canadian ban on
> Comedy Central.
>
> It's not actually idiotic: Comedy Central only has US licenses for the
> content it broadcasts and webcasts.  Other boradcasters have licenses
> for Canadian distribution.

Alright, alright, bad example! However, the content on many American
sites _is_ blocked due to CanCon rules. That was the idea I was
driving at.

> I'd call it inconvenient.
>
> BTW, things may get even more inconvenient after the new copyright act
> is passed.


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