Legal, DRM, Piracy & IP Category
The Legal side of Internet Television including Digital Rights Management (DRM), Intellectual Property and Piracy
The Daily Show is a brilliant satirical show which everyone
has probably heard of, even if they aren’t particularly fans of the
type of humour.
It’s a great showcase for the satirical jabs of Jon Stewart and pals, as they round on any politician or organisation who has recently acted stupidly.
If you are one of the many fans, you might have been overjoyed to hear that Comedy Central (which is part of MTV, which in turn is part of Viacom) recently launched a website with 13,000 or so clips from the show, including some of the most-loved episodes.
Finally, you may have thought to yourself — after months of fighting with YouTube over clips from the show (which routinely appear and then are quickly removed), Viacom has decided that giving viewers what they want over the Internet is the right way to go. Bravo.
Not If You Are Canadian
The only problem with that rosy little scenario is that Viacom’s largesse — like every other U.S. TV network that has decided to stream popular shows from their website — is completely unavailable to Canadian viewers (and to viewers in other countries as well).
You can go to the website and click on a video, but you don’t get anything. To add insult to injury, the pre-roll advertising spot that Viacom has sold for the clip plays just fine, but is followed by a black screen — a screen that might as well say “Hey non-U.S. viewers — look at all the stuff you can’t watch.”
There I said it! I know lots of people won’t agree with me and think the owner of TV-Links.co.uk is some sort of martyr who is fighting our cause against the big copyright Mongols but that is bullshit. 
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