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

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