Outside the U.S.? No Dr. Horrible for you!!! Date: 2008-07-18 15:01:53
[this is somewhat explicit]
The good news: Joss Whedon's long-awaited Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is now online. And I must say, when I saw this reviled Hulu icon in there I was convinced it wouldn't even play (since they don't offer content for un-american people). Well, there's a suprise: turns out, they'll let Dr. Horrible sing in other countries.
But just for the weekend. After that: no more. But, you can buy it on iTunes! There is a big sticker on the site, taking you right to the iTunes Music Store.
This is, of course, where the bad news starts: you see, iTunes has a strong regional commitment policy. This ensures, for example, that us Germans can only consume German content (by the way: we translate every single second of content that comes out of other countries first - a painful and quality-destroying process that often takes years). So I can't give you my money, Joss, because obviously you don't want it. You'd rather I wait for the crappy German version which will never come out since this is a niche product. But at least you, Apple and the fucking MPAA can rest assured that American content gets only to Americans and the rest of the world stays in their own little corners. Well done.
Oh, and by the way, look at that iTunes window telling me politely to fuck off and die: it's in German! My OS X is set to English. Why is my iTunes speaking to me in German then? Or why is every single game I order on Steam in German, even though I specifically set it to deliver everything in English? Why does Google insist on giving me their German site even though my browser and OS are both set to English? Stop prescribing content that you think is "better suited" for me and fucking start giving me what I requested!
Update: It's once again available (internationally) on Hulu: You can watch Dr Horrible?s Sing Along Blog online once again for free via Hulu. This IS still available to those who are outside the USA. Thanks, Joss, it's appreciated! :-)
The good news: Joss Whedon's long-awaited Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is now online. And I must say, when I saw this reviled Hulu icon in there I was convinced it wouldn't even play (since they don't offer content for un-american people). Well, there's a suprise: turns out, they'll let Dr. Horrible sing in other countries.
But just for the weekend. After that: no more. But, you can buy it on iTunes! There is a big sticker on the site, taking you right to the iTunes Music Store.
This is, of course, where the bad news starts: you see, iTunes has a strong regional commitment policy. This ensures, for example, that us Germans can only consume German content (by the way: we translate every single second of content that comes out of other countries first - a painful and quality-destroying process that often takes years). So I can't give you my money, Joss, because obviously you don't want it. You'd rather I wait for the crappy German version which will never come out since this is a niche product. But at least you, Apple and the fucking MPAA can rest assured that American content gets only to Americans and the rest of the world stays in their own little corners. Well done.
Oh, and by the way, look at that iTunes window telling me politely to fuck off and die: it's in German! My OS X is set to English. Why is my iTunes speaking to me in German then? Or why is every single game I order on Steam in German, even though I specifically set it to deliver everything in English? Why does Google insist on giving me their German site even though my browser and OS are both set to English? Stop prescribing content that you think is "better suited" for me and fucking start giving me what I requested!
Update: It's once again available (internationally) on Hulu: You can watch Dr Horrible?s Sing Along Blog online once again for free via Hulu. This IS still available to those who are outside the USA. Thanks, Joss, it's appreciated! :-)
Comments
EMSPV says
(2008-07-20 17:45:22)
The Flash version flawlessly works here, on a VIA networks account as well as with an "1und1" internet access account.
admin says
(2008-07-23 08:26:42)
Yeah, but that's not the point. The Flash version was only available for a few days and I'd have liked to have it last longer.
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