[LINK] New NZ ISP offers access to geo-blocked sites like Netflix

[Karl Schaffarczyk]

Dear Linkers,
I have published a quick analysis on what will happen if this ever gets off
the ground in Australia - at least as far as copyright law is concerned.
https://theconversation.edu.au/fyx-isp-will-unlock-geoblocked-sites-but-will-it-breach-copyright-6927

It will be very interesting to see what happens if/when legal action is
taken in NZ

Karl


$quoted_author = "Paul Bolger" ;
> >
> > It'll be interesting to see what the reaction from the content
> > providers is. It's already possible to access geoblocked content via a
> > VPN account with a node in the appropriate area - we use one to
> > download ABC Iview programs, which we used to be able to watch on
> > satellite before the ABC switched to a satellite with footprint which
> > doesn't cover NZ.
>
> What typically happens is that an IP or IP range becomes a large enough
> source of illegitimate looking traffic that the content providers rate
> limit
> to subtly dissuade users connecting via there or just outright block it.
>
> "Illegitimate" is hard to define but it's usually a combination of size and
> concentration of traffic, owner of the IP range is not a normal access ISP
> and lack of registered and/or premium users from that IP or range.
>
> cheers
> Marty
>