Colbert Takes On Ridiculous Restrictions Over Talking About The Olympics
from the I'd-sue-you dept
On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen brought on his brother, Ed Colbert, an international copyright lawyer to discuss the totally ridiculous restrictions on what he can and cannot say concerning his Olympics coverage, to avoid getting sued by either NBC or the Olympics, leading Colbert to dub his reports the "Vancouverage of the quadrennial cold weather competition" to avoid saying things like Vancouver, Olympics or even winter games, as those are all on the forbidden list. Watch here (probably US only, tragically):The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
Vancouverage 2010 - Ed Colbert | ||||
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Clip OK Here in NZ
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Short clips are not US only
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Actually, I can confirm that it doesn't work in the UK. I was using my VPN when I first went to write up this post, and was logged into a UK server, and couldn't see the video until I logged out.
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Mike, where you using that UK VPN to watch Olympics? Naughty, naughty boy! :)
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FX doesn't allow streaming of its shows either, whereas More4/Channel 4 does.
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So I ended up finding an unauthorized source for the whole episode (which took all of ten seconds). It's funny that somehow I'm supposed to feel guilty about that.
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Only the UK blocked?
Is anyone reading this outside the UK blocked?
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What, you use a VPN? What are you hiding? You must be one of them "pirates" I keep hearin so much about.
/s
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Colbert would be an awesome pirate. He could dress up in an American flag themed pirate outfit. He could figuratively cut open a RIAA exec too. And his show is a news show, there's no syndication for that right?
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
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Gay Olympics vs Special Olympics
If I ever find out my home city is in the running to host the games, it will be my mission to derail it.
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Seven dirty words
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IN CANADA COMEDY CENTRAL VIDEOS....
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Canadian Mirror
or
http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows/videolist.aspx?sid=3351
or
thepiratebay.org
sigh.......
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