The Colbert Report is a well known and often delicious part of the landscape of American comedy. Not only can you watch live TV, you can also catch up with recent shows easily by going to Hulu.com. So if you are traveling away from home and have a Wi-Fi connection, you can just distribute it on your laptop as the miles roll by.
Sort of.
This scenario only applies if you are in the United States. If you are outside the country, Hulu send you a little note that you are out of luck, please go back to playing solitaire on your computer.
In Germany, travelers on ICE trains get access to a network Wi-Fi network so they can stay connected and surf the web during their trip. But this traveler was a problem: While it was well with ICE if watching Stephen Colbert on their train, it was not OK with Hulu
Why my geography is a determinant of access Internet.? This exclusion is both irritating and, in my opinion, a shortsighted business policy.
It is irritating because I just want to laugh on US policy in my place a few thousand miles outside the borders of this country. If the people of Washington DC working so hard to be ridiculous, why should I not be allowed to make fun of them? If laughter and humor not be considered a fundamental human right up there with the most famous freedoms of speech and religion?
Hulu himself said he would like to make its content available worldwide as soon as possible. "This requires working with content owners to clear the rights for each show or film in each specific region," says the website Hulu. This is a huge task, and yes, they just added to Japan their network, but when it will be available in other countries is completely unknown.
The good news is to Hulu blocked based on your GeoIP is completely avoidable. I have my Hotspot Shield VPN that allows me of "being" in the United States virtually and thus unblock Hulu. so once I launch Hotspot Shield, I am able to access Hulu despite my physical presence somewhere in the German countryside. I have earned the right laughing again!
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