Of course, if you don't happen to live IN THE US (like me) then you're bang out of luck. It seems to be my latest (perfectly justified, I might add) gripe that apparently the World Wide Web only extends as far as the US border.
I've had similar problems trying to get into various other film websites of late (Beowolf springs to mind) and this seems to be a worrying trend. Is this the future of the Internet (or should that be the Inter-not)- denying access based purely on locale?
Perhaps I should stop fwfr being available to the French. I went there once and one of them looked at me funny and I didn't like it.
Of course, if you don't happen to live IN THE US (like me) then you're bang out of luck. It seems to be my latest (perfectly justified, I might add) gripe that apparently the World Wide Web only extends as far as the US border.
I've had similar problems trying to get into various other film websites of late (Beowolf springs to mind) and this seems to be a worrying trend. Is this the future of the Internet (or should that be the Inter-not)- denying access based purely on locale?
Perhaps I should stop fwfr being available to the French. I went there once and one of them looked at me funny and I didn't like it.
Jackass aside, I totally agree that this is a flagrant abuse of the spirit of the web. It seems to be rife in the film and tv industries and more and more prevents me from judging assigned sites for the Webby Awards. I've moaned and moaned about it to the Webby honchos and sometimes the companies involve tell them it's a copyright issue and a few times they were told it's a matter of formats - but nobody buys that one, since there are plenty of examples of clips. I'm betting it's a matter of haggling about who and how much they're going to pay.
I don't believe it's going to turn into the Internot [LOVE that!] - because there are enough people around the world who can circumvent restricted access. Also, as more and more musos are offering free stuff online and cutting out the middlemen - I think you're going to see others follow that trend. YouTube and MySpace have started to change the culture of how people get stuff and communicate directly in terms of entertainment.
Actually, each of these questions raises tens of others about the way the Web has changed/is changing all sorts of industries.
Jackass 2.5 and stupid US film websites
Posted - 12/19/2007 : 00:23:37
