March 12, 2008
Hulu.com: Not From The USA? Too Bad!
Once again international users are shut out from yet another video content service: Hulu.com. Let’s just add it to the list that already includes iTunes, MTV, NBC, ABC, et al.
It’s almost perverted in the sense. As globalization rips through the planet, somehow it seems that watching a 22-minute episode of the Simpsons on Hulu is an unreasonable thing to ask–nevermind that I live less than 100 miles of the U.S. border and that we live and breathe U.S. media. Look folks, the web is global. Adapt to it.
To all of the unions out there, and guilds, performance rights societies, royalty collectors, attorneys, producers, executive producers, actors, distributors, affiliates and networks out there: get a clue.
To everyone I forgot to name… add yourself to the list.
Filed under: Rants, Video, The Future
