Somebody at Showtime needs a boot in the nuts

[Liar]

WTF is this? You sell your fucking shows overseas, but you won't let us read about them? Morons.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6041/showtimejt2.gif

 

[yui]

WTF is this? You sell your fucking shows overseas, but you won't let us read about them? Morons.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6041/showtimejt2.gif

Bastards.

 

[Aurora Black]

I know! That is so stupid.

 

[Liar]

Weird thing is, I can't even imagine the rationale. Anyone?

 

[Aurora Black]

Weird thing is, I can't even imagine the rationale. Anyone?

I have no idea. HBO doesn't do this shit.

 

[Minervous]

My guess, and this is only a guess, is that it is a rights issue. Assuming that you are trying to read about the Showtime production "On the Edge," the overseas rights may belong to another company. Also, there was a theatrical movie release in about the same year with the same title, which may contribute to the problem.

Media companies have not figured out the Internet connects everyone and still have some outmoded policies.

 

[Minervous]

Actually I just googled (sorry, "did a Google search") Showtime and it my impression is that no one can access anything at the site outside the USA. The only thing I can suggest is that the schedule and content are different in different countries and that perhaps some of it is restricted in certain countries.

It seems like they should have a better way of dealing with it than this. There is a showtime.au, for example.

 

[Minervous]

You might try this URL http://anon.free.anonymizer.com/http://sho.com/schedules/ to see the schedules.

 

[Minervous]

Here's another suggestion--using Google cache: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/30267

 

[Aurora Black]

Here's another suggestion--using Google cache: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/30267

This only works for the first page. The moment I clicked a link, it had the "We're sorry" message again.

 

[Minervous]

This only works for the first page. The moment I clicked a link, it had the "We're sorry" message again.

Copy the link, paste it back into Google, and look at the cache again. Irritating and cumbersome (and I can't test it to see if it works, since my IP originates in the States), but it should work. Same idea with anonymizer too.

In any case, it doesn't seem to be the most astute public relations gimmick, does it?

 

[Aurora Black]

Copy the link, paste it back into Google, and look at the cache again. Irritating and cumbersome (and I can't test it to see if it works, since my IP originates in the States), but it should work. Same idea with anonymizer too.

In any case, it doesn't seem to be the most astute public relations gimmick, does it?

It's all just so unnecessary. *disgusted sigh*