On Jul 29, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Mark Wallace wrote: > The Canadian Broadcasting Company and CTV are two web sites that won't > let me stream because they can tell that I am not in Canada, regardless > of what regional and language options I set on my Windows or Linux, > install. They only own the rights to the shows within Canada, and try > to sell the shows to US cable channels, giving them a vested interest in > respecting what rights they do and don't have.
This is where a VPS and a password or source-IP protected Squid install come in quite handy. I'm happily using a VPS server in UK so I can have ready access to a ton of shows I quite like. :-) $15.00/month or so in order to be able to stream Beeb content? Done deal. Cheers, D _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Aug 4 - Samba Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions
